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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Section 170A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 November 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.
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[170A Offence of handling goods subject to unpaid excise duty.U.K.
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, if—
(a)after the excise duty point for any goods which are chargeable with a duty of excise, a person acquires possession of those goods or is concerned in carrying, removing, depositing, keeping or otherwise dealing with those goods; and
(b)at the time when he acquires possession of those goods or is so concerned, the duty on the goods has not been paid and its payment has not been deferred,
that person shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2)In proceedings for an offence under this section it shall be a defence to show that the person who acquired possession of the goods or was concerned in carrying, removing, depositing, keeping or otherwise dealing with them—
(a)acted in accordance with the directions of, or with the consent of, the proper officer; or
(b)was not himself the person, or one of the persons, liable to pay the unpaid duty and at the time when he acted either—
(i)had no grounds for suspecting that the goods were chargeable with a duty of excise that had not yet been paid; or
(ii)believed on reasonable grounds that the duty had been paid or its payment deferred or that the liability to pay the duty had not yet taken effect.]
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