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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Section 163A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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(1)Without prejudice to any other power conferred by the Customs and Excise Acts 1979, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person in the United Kingdom (referred to in this section as “the suspect”) has with him, or at the place where he is, any goods to which this section applies, an officer may—

(a)require the suspect to permit a search of any article that he has with him or at that place, and

(b)if the suspect is not under arrest, detain him (and any such article) for so long as may be necessary to carry out the search.

(2)The goods to which this section applies are [F2alcoholic products], or tobacco products, which are—

(a)chargeable with any duty of excise, and

(b)liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts.

(3)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (4) of section 24 of the M1Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (detention and questioning by customs officers), detention of the suspect under subsection (1) above shall not prevent his subsequent detention under subsection (1) of that section.]

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F1S. 163A inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 26

F2Words in s. 163A(2) substituted (1.8.2023) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), s. 120(2), Sch. 13 para. 5; S.I. 2023/884, reg. 2(1)(j) (with reg. 10)

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