Schedule 10, Part I, paragraph 2(9)

Where, in the case of a live animal or a plant of any kind which is condemned or deemed to be condemned as forfeited, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise incur any expenses in connection with, or with a view to— those expenses may be recovered, as a debt due to the Crown, from the importer or intending exporter of the animal or plant or any person possessing or having control of it at the time of its seizure. its return to the wild ; or its being kept at premises (whether within or outside the United Kingdom) which are suitable for the keeping of animals or plants of that kind, In this subsection expressions which are also used in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 have the same meanings as in that Act.

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