# Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Paragraph 2


(1) This paragraph applies where a thing is detained.
(2) The thing may be detained for 30 days beginning with the day on which the thing is first detained.
(3) The thing is deemed to be seized as liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts if its detention ceases to be authorised under this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/schedule/2A/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-management-act-1979/schedule-2A/paragraph-2
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