# Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Section 85: Penalty for interfering with revenue vessels, etc.

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

(1) Any person who save for just and sufficient cause interferes in any way with any ... vehicle, buoy, anchor, chain, rope or mark which is being used for the purposes of any functions of the Commissioners under Parts III to VII of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 1 on the standard scale.
(2) Any person who fires upon any vehicle in the service of Her Majesty while that vessel, aircraft or vehicle is engaged in the prevention of smuggling shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/85 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-management-act-1979/section-85
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