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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

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Version Superseded: 12/03/2015

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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Section 68A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 14 December 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

[F168A Offences in relation to agricultural levies.U.K.

(1)Without prejudice to section 11(1) of the Finance Act 1982, if any person is, in relation to any goods, in any way knowingly concerned in any fraudulent evasion or attempt at evasion of any agricultural levy chargeable on the export of the goods, he shall be guilty of an offence and may be detained.

[F2(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a penalty of the prescribed sum or of three times the value of the goods, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both; or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years, or to both.]

(3)Any goods in respect of which an offence under this section is committed shall be liable to forfeiture.

(4)In this section “agricultural levy” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the European Communities Act 1972 and the provisions of this section apply notwithstanding that any such levy may be payable to [F3the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or (in relation to Northern Ireland) the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, as the case may be].]

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F3Words in s. 68A(4) substituted (15.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3686, reg. 6(7)(a)

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