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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

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[F14(1)This paragraph applies where a thing is detained and, with the agreement of a person within sub-paragraph (2) (“the responsible person”), the thing remains at the place where it is first detained (rather than being removed and detained elsewhere).U.K.

(2)A person is within this sub-paragraph if the person is—

[F2(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,

(c)a person who has (or appears to have) possession or control of the thing being detained,

(d)in the case of any thing detained on a ship or aircraft, the master or commander,

(e)in the case of any thing detained on [F3any other vehicle, the vehicle operator], or

(f)a person whom the person who detains the thing reasonably believes to be a person within any of paragraphs (a) to (e).]

(3)If the responsible person fails to prevent the unauthorised removal or disposal of the thing from the place where it is detained, that failure attracts a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties).

(4)The removal or disposal of the thing is unauthorised unless it is done with the permission of a proper officer of Revenue and Customs.

(5)Where any duty of excise is payable in respect of the thing—

(a)the penalty is to be calculated by reference to the amount of that duty (whether it has been paid or not), and

(b)section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 has effect as if in subsection (2)(a) the words “5 per cent of” were omitted.

(6)If no duty of excise is payable in respect of the thing, that section has effect as if the penalty provided for by subsection (2)(b) of that section were whichever is the greater of—

(a)the value of the thing at the time it was first detained, or

(b)£250.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 2A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 226(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 226(7)

F2Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(a)-(f) substituted for Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(a)(b) (with effect in accordance with s. 175(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 175(4)

F3Words in Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(e) 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(3) (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)

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