Part 3

Regulation of apparatus

Restriction orders

Powers of Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
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1
This section applies where the importation of apparatus of a particular class or description is for the time being restricted by a restriction order.
2
An officer of Revenue and Customs may require a person with custody or control of apparatus of that class or description which is being or has been imported to provide proof that the importation of the apparatus is or was not unlawful by virtue of section 62.
3
If the proof required under subsection (2) is not provided to the satisfaction of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, the apparatus is to be treated, unless the contrary is proved, as being prohibited goods, within the meaning of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), and is liable to forfeiture under that Act.