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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Final and miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous provisions - Use of reasonable force

437: Use of force must be reported

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"Customs officers must report when they use force to the boss within 5 working days."

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If you are a Customs officer and you use force under the Customs and Excise Act 2018, you must give the chief executive a written report. You have 5 working days to do this. Your report must include what force you used and the circumstances in which you used it. You can find more information about this by looking at the Customs and Excise Act 2018 and similar laws like the one mentioned in the 1996 No 27 s 288A. The chief executive needs this report so they know what happened when you used force.

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Part 6Final and miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous provisions: Use of reasonable force

437Use of force must be reported

  1. Any Customs officer who uses force under this Act must, within 5 working days, give the chief executive a written report on—

  2. the use of the force; and
    1. the circumstances in which it was used.

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