{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ozone-depleting-substances-regulations-2015/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ozone-depleting-substances-regulations-2015/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/168",
  "legislation_title": "The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ozone-depleting-substances-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Power to seize and detain",
  "text": "(1) A customs official may seize and detain any controlled substance or product or equipment containing or relying on a controlled substance which the official believes is being—\n(a) imported in contravention of Article 15 of the EU Regulation; or\n(b) exported in contravention of Article 17 of the EU Regulation.\n(2) Anything seized and detained under paragraph (1) may be detained for no longer than 5 working days and must be dealt with during the period of its detention in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct under section 5 of the 2009 Act.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“the 2009 Act” means the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 ;\n“customs official” means a general customs official designated under section 3(1) of the 2009 Act, or a customs revenue official designated under section 11(1) of that Act;\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2009 c. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/168/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:34.119603+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}