{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wholesaling-of-controlled-liquor-regulations-2015/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wholesaling-of-controlled-liquor-regulations-2015/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1516",
  "legislation_title": "The Wholesaling of Controlled Liquor Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wholesaling-of-controlled-liquor-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Forfeiture",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies if a person (“P”) contravenes—\n(a) section 100(1) of the Act (approval to carry on controlled activity);\n(b) any requirement imposed by regulations 5(1), 5(3), 6(3) or 8 of these Regulations; or\n(c) any condition or restriction of an approval to carry on a controlled activity given to P.\n(2) Where this paragraph applies, any alcoholic product (whether or not charged with any duty and whether or not that duty has been paid) which is in the possession, custody or control of P for the purposes of carrying on a controlled activity is subject to forfeiture.\n(3) If P is a body corporate that is treated as a member of a group in accordance with Part 3 of these Regulations, paragraph (2) applies to any alcoholic product which is in the possession, custody or control of any member of the group for the purposes of carrying on a controlled activity.\n(4) Paragraph (5) applies if a person (“P”) contravenes section 103 of the Act (restriction on buying controlled alcoholic products wholesale).\n(5) Where this paragraph applies, any alcoholic product (whether or not charged with any duty and whether or not that duty has been paid) purchased in contravention of section 103 and which is in the possession, custody or control of P is subject to forfeiture.\n(6) If P is a body corporate that is treated as a member of a group in accordance with Part 3 of these Regulations, paragraph (5) applies to any alcoholic product purchased in contravention of section 103 which is in the possession, custody or control of any member of the group.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 25(1)(a) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 25(1)(b)(c) substituted (1.1.2016) by The Wholesaling of Controlled Liquor (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1921), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(2) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(3) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 25(4) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(4) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(5) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in reg. 25(5) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(6) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in reg. 25(6) substituted (31.7.2023) by The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Part 2 (Alcohol Duty) (Appointed Day, Savings, Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/884), Sch. para. 12(11)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 25 in force at 1.10.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1516/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:52.205628+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."
}