Part III Customs and Excise Control Areas
C2C3C427 Officers’ powers of boarding. C1
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At any time while a ship is within the limits of a port, or an aircraft is at F1an aerodrome, or F2F6a vehicleF6any other vehicle is—
a
entering, leaving or about to leave the United Kingdom,
b
within the prescribed area,
F7ba
within a railway customs area,
c
within the limits of or entering or leaving a port or any land adjacent to a port and occupied wholly or mainly for the purpose of activities carried on at the port,
d
at, entering or leaving an aerodrome,
e
f
at, entering or leaving any such premises as are mentioned in subsection (1) of section 112 below,
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F10For the purposes of subsection (1) above “customs warehouse” means a victualling warehouse or a place approved by the Commissioners under F4Article 98 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92 or Article 505 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2454/93.
2
The Commissioners may station officers in any ship at any time while it is within the limits of a port, and if the master of any ship neglects or refuses to provide—
a
reasonable accommodation below decks for any officer stationed therein; or
b
means of safe access to and egress from the ship in accordance with the requirements of any such officer,
the master shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of F5level 2 on the standard scale.