http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/9/section/14Finance Act 1994An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.1994-05-03texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-09Expert Participation2026-04-01 Finance Act 1994s. 14(1)(ba)Finance Act 1998Sch. 2 para. 10(c)Sch. 2 para. 12art. 23art. 23Finance Act 1994s. 160(2)-(7)Finance (No. 2) Act 2017Sch. 5 para. 1Sch. 5 paras. 27 32-34Finance Act 1994Sch. 5 para. 2(1)(pa)The Customs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022reg. 4reg. 1 Part IChapter II141This section applies to the following decisions by HMRC , not being decisions under this section or section 15 below, that is to say—aany decision under section 152(b) of the Management Act as to whether or not anything forfeited or seized under the customs and excise Acts is to be restored to any person or as to the conditions subject to which any such thing is so restored;bany relevant decision which is linked by its subject matter to such a decision under section 152(b) of the Management Act.2Any person who is—aa person whose liability to pay any relevant duty or penalty is determined by, results from or is or will be affected by any decision to which this section applies,ba person in relation to whom, or on whose application, such a decision has been made, orca person on or to whom the conditions, limitations, restrictions, prohibitions or other requirements to which such a decision relates are or are to be imposed or applied,may by notice in writing to the Commissioners require them to review that decision.2ABut in the case of a relevant decision that falls within subsection (1)(b), a person may require HMRC to review the decision under this section only if HMRC are also required to review the decision within subsection (1)(a) to which it is linked.3The Commissioners shall not be required under this section to review any decision unless the notice requiring the review is given before the end of the period of forty-five days beginning with the day on which written notification of the decision, or of the assessment containing the decision, was first given to the person requiring the review.4For the purposes of subsection (3) above it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to give written notification of any decision to which this section applies to any person who—arequests such a notification;bhas not previously been given written notification of that decision; andcif given such a notification, will be entitled to require a review of the decision under this section.5A person shall be entitled to give a notice under this section requiring a decision to be reviewed for a second or subsequent time only if—athe grounds on which he requires the further review are that the Commissioners did not, on any previous review, have the opportunity to consider certain facts or other matters; andbhe does not, on the further review, require the Commissioners to consider any facts or matters which were considered on a previous review except in so far as they are relevant to any issue to which the facts or matters not previously considered relate.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. 14 applied (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1046, reg. 7(3)S. 14 applied (1.5.1995 with effect as mentioned in 1995 c. 4, s. 14(2)) by 1981 c. 63, Sch. 4 para. 7A(5) (as inserted by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 11(5))S. 14 applied (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2351, reg. 2S. 14 applied (prosp.) by 1995 c. 4, s. 5(4)(6)S. 14 applied (19.3.1997) by 1997 c. 16, ss. 11(7), 13(1), 15, 50(1), Sch. 1 paras. 8(11), 9(5), Sch. 5 para. 19(1)S. 14 applied (24.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/534, regs. 3(1), 5(1)S. 14 applied (28.7.2000 with effect as mentioned in 2000 c. 17, Sch. 2 para. 10(2)) by 1981 c. 63, Sch. 4A para. 6(1) (as inserted by 2000 c. 17, s. 17, Sch. 2 para. 10)S. 14 wholly in force at 1.1.1995; s. 14 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 19(1); s. 14(1)(2)-(5) (except s. 14(1)(a)) in force for certain purposes at 1.11.1994 by S.I. 1994/2679, art. 2, Sch.; s. 14 in force at 1.1.1995 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1994/2679, art. 3Pt. 1 Chapter 2 (ss. 7-19) applied (17.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/426, art. 5Pt. 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)Ss. 14-16 modified (1.7.2005) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 5(4)(6); S.I. 2005/1523, art. 2 (with art. 3)Ss. 14-16 applied by 1981 c. 63, s. 26M(1) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 8(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2007/2172, art. 2)Ss. 14-16 applied by 1981 c. 63, s. 26M(2)-(4) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 8(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2007/2172, art. 2)S. 14 heading substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(2) (with Sch. 3 paras. 2-4)Words in s. 14(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(3)(a) (with Sch. 3 paras. 2-4)S. 14(1)(a)(b) substituted for s. 14(1)(a)-(d) (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(3)(b) (with Sch. 3 paras. 2-4)S. 14(2A) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(4) (with Sch. 3 paras. 2-4)S. 14(6)(7) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 199(5) (with Sch. 3 paras. 2-4)Words in s. 14(1)(ba) inserted (1.9.2008 for specified purposes, 1.6.2009 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 2 paras. 10(c), 12; S.I. 2008/2302, arts. 2, 3; S.I. 2009/1022, arts. 2, 3Pt. 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)Ss. 14-16 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 198(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), ss. 182(3), 198(1) (with Sch. 29)Pt. 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)Pt. 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.Pt. 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), 7Pt. 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.Pt. 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.Pt. 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.)Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.11.2021) by S.I. 2010/593, reg. 85F (as inserted by The Free Zones (Customs, Excise and Value Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1156), regs. 1, 7(2); and as amended (3.3.2025) by S.I. 2024/1262, regs. 1(2), 4(11))