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S.I. No. 109/2013 - Disposal of Condemned Vehicles (Excise) Regulations 2013.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disposal of Condemned Vehicles (Excise) Regulations 2013.
2. A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and for which a meaning is provided under
section 96
the
Finance Act 2001
has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as is so provided under that section.
3. Where any vehicle has been condemned as forfeited under
section 128
of the
Finance Act 2001
, or deemed to have been so condemned under section 127 of that Act, the Commissioners may dispose of it by—
(
a
) retaining it for use in connection with the exercise or performance of any power, function or duty of the Commissioners, or
(
b
) giving it to An Garda Síochána for use in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the powers, functions or duties of An Garda Síochána.
4. Ownership of a vehicle disposed of in accordance with Regulation 3(
a
) shall vest in the Commissioners, and ownership of a vehicle disposed of in accordance with Regulation 3(
b
) shall vest in An Garda Síochána, as and from the time of the disposal of the vehicle in accordance with the provision concerned.
GIVEN on 23 March 2013.
NIALL CODY,
Revenue Commissioner.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
Section 144
(7) of the
Finance Act 2001
provides that anything seized as liable to forfeiture under excise law, and condemned as such, must be sold or destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Revenue Commissioners’ regulations.
These Regulations provide that the Revenue Commissioners may dispose of such vehicles either by retaining them, or giving them to An Gárda Síochána, for official use.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
2
nd April
, 2013.
The Revenue Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
section 153
of the
Finance Act, 2001
(No. 7 of 2001), and for the purposes of section 144(7)(
b
) of that Act, make the following Regulations