Customs & Excise
NOTICE OF SEIZURE UNDER THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE MANAGEMENT ACT 1979
Pursuant to Section 139(6) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (hereinafter the Act) and paragraph 1 of the Schedule 3 thereto, the Commissioners of Revenue & Customs hereby give notice that by virtue of the powers contained in the Customs and Excise acts certain goods namely:
One 1990 Skoda C8+ACF3 Cigarette making line
One Titan Shredder
One Handheld folk lift truck
One Compressor
Two metal filters
One 1990 Skoda C8+ACF3 Cigarette running belt
One small metal box
One large metal box
One Starmix air filter hoover
Five hundred kilograms of loose tobacco
Ten loose cigarettes
One pair of air Jordon trainers
One pair G Star jeans
One pair Purple Rodeo pants
Approx two thousand cigarette filters
Has been seized as liable to forfeiture by force of the following provisions:
The Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 section 8v(1) 8V(2a) 8V(2b) & 8T
The Excise Goods (Holding, Movement and Duty Point) Regulations 2010 section 88
Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 Sections 49
If you claim that the said goods are not liable to forfeiture you must within one month from the date of this notice of seizure give notice of your claim in writing in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 of the Act.
If you are outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man you must give the name and address of a solicitor in the United Kingdom who is authorised to accept services of process and act on your behalf. If you do not give proper notice of claim within the said period of one month or if any requirement of the above mentioned paragraph 4 is not complied with the goods will be deemed to have been duly condemned as forfeited.
If you do give notice of claim in proper form, the Commissioners will take legal proceedings for the condemnation of the goods.
Please send any notice of appeal to the following address;
Solicitor’s Office and Legal Services
HM Revenue & Customs
5th Floor Cotton House
7 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1GY
Commissioners of Revenue & Customs
Ged Bailey
Higher Officer
HM Revenue & Customs