162 Power to enter land for or in connection with access to pipelines. E+W+S
Where any thing conveyed by a pipe-line is chargeable with a duty of customs and excise which has not been paid, an officer may enter any land adjacent to the pipe-line in order to get to the pipe-line for the purpose of exercising in relation to that thing any power conferred by or under the Customs and Excise Acts 1979 or to get from the pipe-line after an exercise of any such power.
This section does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 162 modified by S.I. 1983/947, regs. 12, 13 (which S.I. is revoked 1.1.1993 by S.I. 1992/3152, reg. 1(2))
C2S. 162 amended by S.I. 1985/1032, reg. 11(a) (which S.I. is revoked 1.1.1993 by S.I. 1992/3152, reg. 1(2))
C3S. 162 amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3152, reg. 11(a).