Regulation 10 Power of customs officer to detain shipment

On a request made upon him by a competent authority of dispatch or destination in the United Kingdom for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of any functions conferred on it by the principal Regulation or these Regulations, a customs officer may detain, for not more than 3 working days, waste specified in that request which has been imported into the United Kingdom or brought to a place for the purpose of being exported from the United Kingdom.

Anything detained under this regulation shall be dealt with during the period of its detention in such manner as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may direct.

In this regulation and in regulation 12 below “customs officer” means any officer within the meaning of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979^f1.