Part 7Administration
Chapter 1Information etc
Other measures
117Power to open or unpack containers
1
CEMA 1979 is amended as follows.
2
In section 1(1)
(interpretation), in the definition of “container”, after “and any” insert “
baggage,
”
.
3
Section 159 (power to examine and take account of goods) is amended as follows.
4
In subsection (1)—
a
after “for that purpose” insert “
open or unpack any container or
”
, and
b
insert at the end “
and search it or anything in it.
”
5
In subsection (4), insert at the end “
; but if an officer opens or unpacks any container, or searches it or anything in it, the Commissioners are to bear the expense of doing so.
”