C3Part XII General and Miscellaneous
General powers, etc.
C2C4163C1 Power to search vehicles F9...
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Without prejudice to any other power conferred by the Customs and Excise Acts 1979 F4or Part 1 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that any vehicle F5... is or may be carrying any goods which are—
a
chargeable with any duty which has not been paid or secured; or
b
in the course of being unlawfully removed from or to any place; or
c
otherwise liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts,
any officer or constable or member of Her Majesty’s armed forces or coastguard may stop and search that vehicle F6....
F31A
The officer, constable or member may use reasonable force if necessary for the purpose of exercising the power in subsection (1).
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F23
F8... The power to stop and search in subsection (1) above shall not be available in respect of aircraft which are airborne.
Pt. XII amended by Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (c. 3), s. 15(4)