Customs & Excise
Notice of Seizure of Goods under the
Customs & Excise Management Act 1979
To the Owner of the following goods seized at Newry Police Station, Belfast Road, Newry.
Peugeot 405 GLD Registtration No. WIB 8948
It has been reported to the Commissioners of Customs & Excise that rebated oil, that is oil on which the full duty has not been paid, was detected in this road vehicle.
This is an offence, and has accordingly rendered you liable to proceedings under Section 13 of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1997, and has, in addition, rendered your vehicle liable to forfeiture under Section 141 of the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979.
If you claim that all or any of the aforesaid goods are not liable to forfeiture you must within one month from the date of this notice of seizure, give notice of your claim in writing to the Commissioners at an office of Customs and Excise. Your notice must also specify your name and address, the goods claimed as not liable to forfeiture and, if you are outside the United Kingdom, the name and address of a solicitor in the United Kingdom who is authorised to accept service of process and to act on your behalf. In default of such notice all the aforesaid goods will be deemed to have been duly condemned as forfeited. If you give notice as set out above, legal proceedings will be taken for the condemnation of all goods claimed as not liable to forfeiture.
Edmund O’Hare, Officer of Customs and Excise, Carne House, 20 Corry Place, Belfast BT3 9HY.