Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Provisions Relating to Forfeiture

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 3 extended by S.I. 1987/1521, reg. 3(2); 1987/2105, reg. 5(1) and 1988/1476, art. 5(1)

C2 Sch. 3 amended by S.I. 1988/1852 (N.I. 19), art. 4(2)

C3 Sch. 3 extended (E.W.S.) by Scotch Whisky Act 1988 (c. 22, SIF 109:1), s. 1(4)

C4 Sch. 3 extended (01.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2724, reg. 10(1)

Sch. 3 extended (01.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2725, reg. 6(1)

C5 Sch. 3 extended (01.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2727, reg. 7(1)

C6 Sch. 3 applied (23.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1353, reg. 4(1)

Sch. 3 applied (1.7.1995) by S.I. 1995/1447, reg. 4(1)

C7 Sch. 3 applied (1.7.2004) by The Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1473), regs. 1, 7(1) (with reg. 2(3))

C8 Sch. 3 applied (10.1.2012) by The Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3036), regs. 1, 20(2) (with regs. 8, 25)

C9 Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2018) by The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/264), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. (with regs. 3-5)

Power to deal with seizures before condemnation, etc. U.K.

16 U.K. Where any thing has been seized as liable to forfeiture the Commissioners may at any time if they see fit and notwithstanding that the thing has not yet been condemned, or is not yet deemed to have been condemned, as forfeited—

(a) deliver it up to any claimant upon his paying to the Commissioners such sum as they think proper, being a sum not exceeding that which in their opinion represents the value of the thing, including any duty or tax chargeable thereon which has not been paid;

(b) if the thing seized is a living creature or is in the opinion of the Commissioners of a perishable nature, sell or destroy it.