Notice of Seizure of Goods under The Customs & Excise Management Act 1979

To the Owner of the following goods seized on 24 September 2004.

1 Mercedes HGV Registration Number SDZ 2436, 6000 litres of contaminated derv, seized at 804 Shore Road, Belfast

Pursuant to Section 24(1) of the Hydrocarbon Oils Duties Act 1979 and paragraphs 9 & 10 of Schedule 4 thereto, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise hereby give notice that, by virtue of the powers contained in the Customs and Excise Acts, the aforesaid goods have been seized as liable to forfeiture by force of the following provisions namely:

Section 24(4) of the Hydrocarbon Oils Duties 1979 and Schedule 141(1)(6) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, respectively.

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, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 to the Custorns and Excise Management Act 1979. Your notice must also specify your name and address and the goods claimed as not liable to forfeiture If you live outside the United Kingdom you must also give the name and address of a solicitor within the United Kingdom who is authorised to accept service of the process and to act on your behalf.

In default of such notice within the said period of one month, or if any requirement of the above mentioned paragraph 4 is not complied with, all the aforesaid goods will be deemed to have been duly condemned as forfeit If you do give notice of claim in the proper form, the Commissioners will take legal proceedings for the condemnation of all goods claimed as not liable to forfeiture.

Edmund James O’Hare, Officer of Customs and Excise, Came House, 20 Corry Place, Belfast BT3 9HY.