Customs & Excise
NOTICE OF SEIZURE UNDER CUSTOMS AND EXCISE MANAGEMENT ACT 1979
Pursuant to Section 139(6) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (herein after referred to as “the Act”) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 thereto, you are hereby given notice that by virtue of the powers contained in the Act, fuel and goods have been seized from SCH Yard in Drumbrughas North, Lisnaskea Business Centre, BT92 0PE on 10th September 2024, namely, namely nine hundred and fifty litres of hydrocarbon oil, one 5000 litre beehive storage tank, one 11, 000 litre rectangular steel storage tank, one 14, 600 litre steel cylindrical storage tank, pumps, meters hosing and filter and one forty foot trailer, as liable to forfeiture by force of the following provision:
Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 Section 141(1)(a).
If this fuel/equipment does not belong to you, please pass this notification on to the owner as soon as possible.
If you claim that the said fuel is 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 to the Act to:-
Solicitor’s Office and Legal Services
HM Revenue & Customs
Customs Reviews & Litigation
BX9 1ZT
If you are outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man you must also give the name and address of a solicitor in the United Kingdom who is authorised to accept service of process and act on your behalf.
If you do not give 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 in question 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 said goods.
You can find further information about:
• What you can do if things are seized by HMRC from our website: (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk) - simply type “Notice 12A” into the search box at the top of the home-page then select the relevant option; and
• Fuel for road vehicles again from our website: (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk) - simply type “Notice 75” into the search box at the top of the home-page then select the relevant option.
Please contact this office on the above number if you wish to discuss the contents of this letter.
Yours faithfully,
6049379
Officer of HM Revenue and Customs