Each year between 1870 and 1955 the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed an Isle of Man (Customs) Act to impose customs duties on goods imported into the Isle of Man.[1]

Isle of Man Customs Act 1810
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn act For consolidating the Duties Of Customs for the Isle of Man, and for placing the same under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs in England.
Citation50 Geo. 3. c. 42
Dates
Royal assent2 June 1810
Commencement2 June 1810
Repealed5 July 1825
Other legislation
Repealed byCustoms Law Repeal Act 1825
Status: Repealed
Isle of Man Customs Act 1811
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for consolidating the Duties of Customs for the Isle of Man, and for placing the same under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs in England.
Citation51 Geo. 3. c. 52
Dates
Royal assent31 May 1811
Commencement31 May 1811
Repealed5 July 1825
Other legislation
Repealed byCustoms Law Repeal Act 1825
Status: Repealed
Importation into Isle of Man Act 1813
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to suspend the Exportation of Foreign Spirits from Great Britain to the Isle of Man under Licence from the Commissioners of Customs, and to permit the Exportation of a limited Quantity of Irish Spirits in lieu thereof, under Licence from the Commissioners of Customs and Port Duties in Ireland, from certain Ports of that Part of the Kingdom to the said Isle, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fourteen.
Citation53 Geo. 3. c. 110
Dates
Royal assent10 July 1813
Commencement10 July 1813
Repealed5 August 1873
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1873
Status: Repealed
Isle of Man Customs Duties Act 1867
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to alter certain Duties of Customs in the Isle of Man.
Citation30 & 31 Vict. c. 86
Dates
Royal assent12 August 1867
Customs (Isle of Man) Act 1870
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to repeal certain Duties of Customs in the Isle of Man.
Citation33 & 34 Vict. c. 12
Dates
Royal assent12 May 1870
Repealed24 July 1876
Other legislation
Repealed byCustoms Consolidation Act 1876
Status: Repealed
Customs (Isle of Man) Tariff Act 1874
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Duties of Customs in the Isle of Man.
Citation37 & 38 Vict. c. 46
Dates
Royal assent30 July 1874
Other legislation
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1883
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1887
Act of Parliament
Citation50 & 51 Vict. c. 5
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1888
Act of Parliament
Citation51 & 52 Vict. c. 7
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1892
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law respecting the Customs Duties in the Isle of Man.
Citation55 & 56 Vict. c. 28
Dates
Royal assent27 June 1892
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1895
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law respecting the Customs Duties in the Isle of Man.
Citation58 & 59 Vict. c. 38
Dates
Royal assent6 July 1895
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1898
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law with respect to Customs Duties in the Isle of Man.
Citation61 & 62 Vict. c. 27
Dates
Royal assent2 August 1898
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1899
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law with respect to Customs Duties in the Isle of Man.
Citation62 & 63 Vict. c. 39
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1899
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1900
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law with respect to Customs Duties in the Isle of Man.
Citation63 & 64 Vict. c. 31
Dates
Royal assent6 August 1900
Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1955
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to provide for confirming resolutions of the Court of Tynwald with respect to customs duties in the Isle of Man and to authorise the Court of Tynwald to carry out any agreement made with the Government of the United Kingdom as to the payment into the Exchequer of any of the proceeds of those duties.
Citation3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 17
Dates
Royal assent6 May 1955
Other legislation
Repealed byIsle of Man Act 1958
Status: Repealed
An Act to amend the Law with respect to Customs Duties in the Isle of Man.
— Long title used for most Isle of Man (Customs) Acts

The Isle of Man Customs, Harbours, and Public Purposes Act 1866 (an Act of Parliament) passed power to the Manx Government to collect and retain customs duties, and the Isle of Man Treasury was created in that year as a result, with John Clucas as the first Treasurer.

The Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1887 empowered Tynwald with the power to alter the rates of customs duties with temporary effect, subject to confirmation by the annual Acts of Parliament. The Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1955 substituted confirmation by Order in Council, thereby ending the requirement for these Acts to be passed annually.[2] The Isle of Man Act 1958 finally gave the island's insular legislature, Tynwald, the power to pass laws to impose such duties without requiring any confirmation.

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  1. ^ Highmore, Sir Nathaniel Joseph (1907), The customs laws: including the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, with the enactments amending and extending that act : and the present customs tariff for Great Britain and Ireland : also the customs laws and tariff for the Isle of Man : with other enactments affecting the customs, and notes of ... (2 ed.), Published for H.M.S.O. by Stevens and Sons
  2. ^ Kermode, D. G. (2001), Offshore island politics: the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century, Liverpool University Press, p. 142, ISBN 978-0-85323-777-8