Part 7Administration
Chapter 1Information etc
Other measures
117Power to open or unpack containers
1
CEMA 1979 is amended as follows.
2
In section 1(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “container”, after “and any” insert “baggage,”.
3
Section 159 (power to examine and take account of goods) is amended as follows.
4
In subsection (1)—
a
after “for that purpose” insert “open or unpack any container or”, and
b
insert at the end “and search it or anything in it.”
5
In subsection (4), insert at the end “; but if an officer opens or unpacks any container, or searches it or anything in it, the Commissioners are to bear the expense of doing so.”