Customs & Excise

2007-08-082007-08-17Customs and Excise Management Act 1979TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk68991405/35

To the owner of the following goods seized on the 8th day of August 2007 in Banbridge:

One Land Rover Discovery. Registration number RXI 1701

Pursuant to Section 139 (6) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and paragraph (1) of the 3rd Schedule thereto, the Commissioners of Revenue & Customs hereby give you notice that by virtue of the powers contained in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and enactments amending that Act, the aforesaid goods have been seized as liable to forfeiture upon the grounds that:

[a] The aforesaid vehicle was detected on the 8th day of August 2007 in Banbridge, and found to contain rebated diesel fuel (Red Diesel) in the running tank.

Whereby and by force of regulation 13 (6) of the Hydrocarbon Oils Duties Act 1979, the aforesaid rebated diesel fuel is liable to forfeiture.

[b] Land Rover Discovery, registration number RXI 1701

Whereby and by force of Section 141 [1] [b] of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, the aforesaid vehicle is liable to forfeiture.

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 publication of this notice of seizure, give notice of your claim in writing to the Commissioners at an office of Revenue & Customs. 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.

D Brabon, Officer of HM Revenue & Customs,

Carne House, 20 Corry Place, Belfast BT3 9HY