Paragraph 7 F1

United Kingdom

In section 49(1) (forfeiture of goods improperly imported)—

(a)

the reference in paragraph (a)(ii) to goods unloaded from any aircraft in the United Kingdom shall be construed as including a reference to goods unloaded from a through train or shuttle train which has brought them into the United Kingdom and a reference to goods otherwise brought through the tunnel into the United Kingdom; and

(b)

the reference in paragraph (c) to goods found to have been concealed on board any aircraft shall be construed as including references to goods found concealed—

(i)

on a through train or shuttle train which has brought them into the United Kingdom,

(ii)

on a through train while it constitutes a control zone in France F2or Belgium, or

(iii)

in a road vehicle in a control zone in France within the tunnel system.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. para. 7 substituted (2.8.1993) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1813), art. 1, Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 20 (with Sch. 6 Pt. 2)
F2: Words in Sch. para. 7(b)(ii) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1405), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 7