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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Irish Statutory Instruments >> Disposal of Condemned Vehicles (Excise) Regulations 2013. S.I. No. 109/2013 URL: http://www.bailii.org/ie/legis/num_reg/2013/0109.html |
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd April, 2013. |
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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: |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disposal of Condemned Vehicles (Excise) Regulations 2013. |
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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. |
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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- |
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(a) retaining it for use in connection with the exercise or performance of any power, function or duty of the Commissioners, or |
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(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. |
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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. |
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GIVEN on 23 March 2013. |
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NIALL CODY, |
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Revenue Commissioner. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE |
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) |
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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. |
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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. |
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