Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

[F1 3 (1) The Commissioners must take reasonable steps to give written notice of the detention of any thing, and of the grounds for the detention, to any person who to their knowledge was, at the time of the detention, the owner or one of the owners of the thing. U.K.

(2) But notice need not be given under sub-paragraph (1) if the detention occurred in the presence of—

(a) the person whose offence or suspected offence occasioned the detention,

(b) the owner or any of the owners of the thing detained or any servant or agent of such an owner, F2 ...

[F3 (ba) a person who has (or appears to have) possession or control of the thing being detained,]

(c) in the case of any thing detained on [F4 or from] a ship or aircraft, the master or commander[F5 , or

(d) in the case of any thing detained on or from [F6 any other vehicle, the vehicle operator].]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 226(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 226(7)

F2 Word in Sch. 2A para. 3(2)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 175(6) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 175(3)(a)

F3 Sch. 2A para. 3(2)(ba) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 175(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24),s. 175(3)(a)

F4 Words in Sch. 2A para. 3(2)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 175(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 175(3)(b)

F5 Sch. 2A para. 3(2)(d) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 175(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 175(3)(c)

F6 Words in Sch. 2A para. 3(2)(d) substituted (13.9.2018 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(1)(a), Sch. 7 para. 117(2) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1449, reg. 3 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)