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Legislation
Finance Act 2026

Crossheading Civil penalties and enforcement

  • Section 125 Dealing in unstamped vaping products
  • Section 126 Loss and misuse of duty stamps
  • Section 127 Failure to comply with this Part etc
  • Section 128 Forfeiture: civil penalties
  1. Civil penalties and enforcement
  2. Forfeiture: civil penalties

Section 128 | Forfeiture: civil penalties

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)This section applies (in addition to section 124) where a person is liable to a penalty under section 125 or 127(1).

(2)Where a person is liable to a penalty under section 125 (dealing in unstamped vaping products), any stamped vaping product—

(a)that is in the person’s possession at the time of the conduct in respect of which the liability arises, and

(b)which the Commissioners have reason to believe is owned or used in the course of a business carried out by any person,

is liable to forfeiture.

(3)Where a person is liable to a penalty for a failure of a kind described in section 127(1) (failure to comply with this Part etc), the following things are liable to forfeiture—

(a)any vaping product or duty stamp to which the failure relates, or

(b)where the failure relates to premises—

(i)any stamped vaping product found on the premises which the Commissioners have reason to believe is owned or used in the course of a business carried out by any person, and

(ii)any duty stamp found on the premises.

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