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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Customs powers - Powers in relation to craft

200: Offences in relation to detained craft

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law by taking a detained boat without permission"

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If you take a craft that has been detained without the chief executive's permission, you commit an offence. This means you cannot take, carry away, or use a detained craft for yourself. You can find out more about when a craft can be detained in section 199(4).

If you commit this offence, you can be punished when you are found guilty. As an individual, you could go to prison for up to 12 months or get a fine. The fine would be up to three times the value of the craft.

If you are a company, you can also be punished for this offence. You could get a fine that is up to three times the value of the craft.

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Powers in relation to craft

200Offences in relation to detained craft

  1. A person commits an offence if the person, without the permission of the chief executive, takes, carries away, or otherwise converts to the person’s own use a craft detained under section 199(4).

  2. A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to—
    1. imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months; or
      1. a fine not exceeding an amount equal to 3 times the value of the craft to which the offence relates:
      2. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding an amount equal to 3 times the value of the craft to which the offence relates.

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