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(1)The following provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to any goods which are deposited in a Queen’s warehouse under or by virtue of any provision of the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
(2)Such rent shall be payable while the goods are deposited as may be fixed by the Commissioners.
(3)If the goods are of a combustible or inflammable nature or otherwise of such a character as to require special care or treatment—
(a)they shall, in addition to any other charges payable thereon, be chargeble with such expenses for securing, watching and guarding them as the Commissioners see fit;
(b)neither the Commissioners nor any officer shall be liable to make good any damage which the goods may have sustained; and
(c)if the proprietor of the goods has not cleared them within a period of 14 days from the date of deposit, they may be sold by the Commissioners;
but, in the case of goods deposited by virtue of section 40(2) above, paragraph (c) above shall only apply if the goods are of a combustible or inflammable nature.
(4)Save as permitted by or under the Customs and Excise Acts 1979, the goods shall not be removed from the warehouse until—
(a)any duty chargeable thereon; and
(b)any charges in respect thereof—
(i)for their removal to the warehouse, and
(ii)under subsections (2) and (3) above,
have been paid and, in the case of goods requiring entry and not yet entered, until entry has been mde thereof.
(5)The officer having the custody of the goods may refuse to allow them to be removed until it is shown to his satisfaction that any freight charges due thereon have been paid.
(6)If the goods are sold under or by virtue of any provision of the Customs and Excise Acts 1979, the proceeds of sale shall be applied—
(a)first, in paying any duty chargeable on the goods;
(b)secondly, in defraying any such charges as are mentioned in subsection (4) above; and
(c)thirdly, in defraying any charges for freight;
and if the person who was immediately before the sale the proprietor of the goods makes application in that behalf the remainder, if any, shall be paid over to him.
(7)When the goods are authorised to be sold under or by virtue of any provision of the Customs and Excise Acts 1979 but cannot be sold—
(a)if the goods are to be exported, for a sum sufficient to make the payment mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (6) above; or
(b)in any other case, for a sum sufficient to make the payments mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection,
the Commissioners may destroy the goods.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 99 modified by S.I. 1986/260, regs. 5(ij), 18
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