Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by 2018 c. 22, Sch. 7 para. 158(5) (as inserted by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 1 para. 10(6) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9)
C2Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Customs Miscellaneous Non-fiscal Provisions and Amendments etc. (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1624), regs. 1(2), 7
C3Pt. 1 continued (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Transitional) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1449), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(b); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Pt. 1 Chapter 2 (ss. 7-19) applied (17.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/426, art. 5
C5Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (24.11.2003) by The Channel Tunnel (Alcoholic Liquor and Tobacco Products) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2758), arts. 1, 4(a)
C6Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (1.4.2010) by The Channel Tunnel (Alcoholic Liquor and Tobacco Products) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/594), arts. 1, 4(a)
C7Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (29.10.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by S.I. 2018/1248, reg. 29B(8)(a) (as inserted by The Customs (Transitional Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1088), regs. 1(2)(4), 3(5); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.)
C8Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Managed Transition Procedure) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/487), regs. 1(2)(3), 8(7)(a) (with reg. 11); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
C9Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Managed Transition Procedure) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/487), regs. 1(2)(3), 3(7)(a) (with reg. 7); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
C10Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.11.2021) by S.I. 2010/593, Pt. 14A reg. 85F (as inserted by The Free Zones (Customs, Excise and Value Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1156), regs. 1, 7(2))
(1)This section applies where—
(a)[F1in accordance with regulations under section 51 of the Finance Act 1997 (enforcement by distress)], a person (“the person levying the distress”) is empowered or authorised to distrain any property of another person (“the person in default”) [F2who has refused or neglected to pay any amount of relevant duty or any amount recoverable as if it were an amount of relevant duty due from him]; and
(b)the person levying the distress and the person in default have entered into a walking possession agreement.
(2)In this section a “walking possession agreement” means an agreement under which, in consideration of the property distrained upon being allowed to remain in the custody of the person in default and of the delaying of its sale, the person in default—
(a)acknowledges that the property specified in the agreement is under distraint and held in walking possession; and
(b)undertakes that, except with the consent of the Commissioners and subject to such conditions as they may impose, he will not remove or allow the removal of any of the specified property from the premises named in the agreement.
(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, if the person in default is in breach of the undertaking contained in a walking possession agreement, he shall be liable to a penalty equal to one-half of the unpaid duty or penalty which gives rise to the distraint.
(4)The person in default shall not be liable to a penalty under subsection (3) above if he satisfies the Commissioners or, on appeal, an appeal tribunal that there is a reasonable excuse for the breach in question.
[F3(5)This section extends only to Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 11(1)(a) substituted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 53(2)(a)(9); S.I. 1997/1432, art. 2
F2Words in s. 11(1)(a) inserted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 53(2)(b)(9); S.I. 1997/1432, art. 2
F3S. 11(5) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 115 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Commencement Information
I1S. 11 wholly in force at 1.1.1995; s. 11 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 19(1); s. 11 in force for certain purposes at 1.11.1994 by S.I. 1994/2679, art. 2, Sch.; s. 11 in force at 1.1.1995 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1994/2679, art. 3