# Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Paragraph 19

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) a thing is seized at a revenue trader's premises,
(b) the thing is liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts, and
(c) without the permission of a proper officer of Revenue and Customs, the thing is removed from the trader's premises, or otherwise disposed of, by any person.
(2) The Commissioners may seize as liable to forfeiture goods of equivalent value to the thing from the revenue trader's stock.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a revenue trader's premises include any premises used to hold or store anything for the purposes of the revenue trader's trade, regardless of who owns or occupies the premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/schedule/3/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-management-act-1979/schedule-3/paragraph-19
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