TOBPMMLS12000 - Forfeiture

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CEMA S139(1) provides the legal power to seize goods liable to forfeiture.

A tobacco products manufacturing machine can be seized where:

  • a regulated activity is carried out in the UK without a licence
  • a tobacco products manufacturing machine is manufactured without holding a licence
  • any of the conditions or restrictions that apply to the licence have been breached
  • the requirements for an exemption of being granted a licence has been breached.
  • tobacco products manufacturing machinery continues to be used following the licence being revoked.