Notice of Seizure of Goods under the

Customs & Excise Management Act 1979

To the owner of the following goods detained on the 29th day of June, 2002 at Gortin Road, Omagh.

• Seddon Atkinson Tanker Reg. No. F619 NBL

• Approximately 5,000 litres of Unleaded Petroleum.

• Approximately 4,000 litres of Heavy Hydrocarbon Oil.

Pursuant to Section 139 (6) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and paragraph (1) of the Schedule 3 thereto, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise hereby give you notice that, by virtue of the powers contained in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and enactments amending that Act, the aforesaid goods have been seized as liable to forfeiture upon the grounds that:

[a] The quantity of hydrocarbon oil is goods chargeable on their importation with excise duty.

Whereby and by force of Section 49[1][a] of the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979, the aforesaid quantity of hydrocarbon oil fuels are liable for forfeiture.

[b] The Seddon Atkinson tanker was used in the carriage of the aforesaid fuel.

Whereby and by force of Section 141 [1] [a] of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, the Seddon Atkinson tanker is also liable to forfeiture.

If you claim that all or any of the aforesaid goods are not liable to forfeiture you must within one month from the date of publication of this notice of seizure, give notice of your claim in writing to the Commissioners at an office of Customs and Excise. Your notice must also specify your name and address, the goods claimed as not liable to forfeiture and, if you are outside the United Kingdom, the name and address of a solicitor in the United Kingdom who is authorised to accept service of process and to act on your behalf. In default of such notice all the aforesaid goods will be deemed to have been duly condemned as forfeited. If you give notice as set out above, legal proceedings will be taken for the condemnation of all goods claimed as not liable to forfeiture.

C. Dobbin, Officer of Customs and Excise, Carne House, 20 Corry Place, Belfast BT3 9HY.