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(1)This section applies where goods of any of the following descriptions, that is to say—
(a)goods which are chargeable with a duty which has not been paid;
(b)goods on which duty has been repaid or remitted in whole or in part; and
(c)goods on which drawback has been paid,
are moved by pipe-line, or notified to the proper officer as being goods to be moved by pipe-line, and are at any time thereafter found to be missing or deficient.
(2)In any case where this section applies, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that the absence of or deficiency in the goods can be accounted for by natural waste or other legitimate cause, the Commissioners may .
[F1(a)require the owner of the pipe-line or the proprietor of the goods to pay immediately any duty, other than excise duty, unpaid or repaid on the relevant goods or, as the case may be, an amount equal to any drawback of such duty paid on the relevant goods;
(b)assess, as being excise duty due from the owner of the pipe-line or the proprietor of the goods, the excise duty unpaid or repaid on the relevant goods or, as the case may be, an amount equal to any drawback of excise duty paid on the relevant goods.]
[F2(2A)Where the Commissioners make an assessment under subsection (2)(b) above they shall notify the person assessed or his representative accordingly.]
(3)If, on the written demand of an officer, any person refuses to pay any sum which he is required to pay under subsection [F3(2)(a)] above he shall in addition be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of double that sum.
[F4(3A)If—
(a)any person refuses to pay any amount of excise duty to which he has been assessed under subsection (2)(b) above, and
(b)the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 94(4B) above (exhaustion of opportunities for review and appeal) are fulfilled,
he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of double that amount.
(3B)Where the amount of excise duty due under subsection (2)(b) above is reduced in consequence of a review or appeal, the penalty to which the person assessed is liable under subsection (3A) above shall be a penalty of double the reduced amount.]
(4)For the purposes of this section any absence or deficiency in the case of goods moved by a pipe-line used for the importation or exportation of goods shall be deemed to have taken place within the United Kingdom unless the contrary is shown.
(5)This section has effect without prejudice to any penalty or forfeiture incurred under any other provision of the customs and excise Acts.
[F5(5A)In this section “the relevant goods” means the missing goods or the whole or any part of the deficiency, as the Commissioners see fit.]
[F6(6)The preceding provisions of this section so far as they have effect for—
(a)fixing the excise duty point for any goods chargeable with a duty of excise; or
(b)determining the person on whom any liability to pay any such duty is to fall,
shall have effect subject to the provisions of any regulations under section 1 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992; and, accordingly, the power to make regulations under that section shall include power, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the making of any provision falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above, to modify any of the preceding provisions of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 96(2)(a)(b) substituted (1.6.1997) for words in s. 96(2) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(2); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
F2S. 96(2A) inserted (1.6.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(3); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
F3Words in s. 96(3) substituted (1.6.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(4); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
F4S. 96(3A)(3B) inserted (1.6.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(5); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
F5S. 96(5A) inserted (1.6.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(6); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
F6S. 96(6) inserted (1.12.1992 in so far as mentioned in S.I. 1992/2979, art. 4 and 1.1.1993 in so far as then not already in force) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 1992/2979, art. 4, Sch. Pt. II; S.I. 1992/3261, art. 3, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 96 restricted (1.6.1997) by 1994 c. 9, ss. 12A, 12B (as inserted by 1997 c. 16, s. 50(2), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1997/1305, art. 2
C2S. 96(1)(a) 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))
C3S. 96(1)(a) 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))
S. 96(1)(a) amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3152, reg. 11(a).
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