Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.
Change 1
As published
26 Power to search articles.
In Part XII of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (general supplementary provisions), after section 163 (power to search vehicles or vessels) insert—
Power to search articles.
163A (1) Without prejudice to any other power conferred by the Customs and Excise Acts 1979, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person in the United Kingdom (referred to in this section as “the suspect”) has with him, or at the place where he is, any goods to which this section applies, an officer may—
(a) require the suspect to permit a search of any article that he has with him or at that place, and
(b) if the suspect is not under arrest, detain him (and any such article) for so long as may be necessary to carry out the search.
(2) The goods to which this section applies are dutiable alcoholic liquor, or tobacco products, which are—
(a) chargeable with any duty of excise, and
(b) liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (4) of section 24 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (detention and questioning by customs officers), detention of the suspect under subsection (1) above shall not prevent his subsequent detention under subsection (1) of that section.
.
Your change, as a redline
26 Power to search articles.
In Part XII of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (general supplementary provisions), after section 163 (power to search vehicles or vessels) insert—
Power to search articles.
163A (1) Without prejudice to any other power conferred by the Customs and Excise Acts 1979, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person in the United Kingdom (referred to in this section as “the suspect”) has with him, or at the place where he is, any goods to which this section applies, an officer may—
(a) require the suspect to permit a search of any article that he has with him or at that place, and
(b) if the suspect is not under arrest, detain him (and any such article) for so long as may be necessary to carry out the search.
(2) The goods to which this section applies are dutiable alcoholic liquor, or tobacco products, which are—
(a) chargeable with any duty of excise, and
(b) liable to forfeiture under the customs and excise Acts.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (4) of section 24 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (detention and questioning by customs officers), detention of the suspect under subsection (1) above shall not prevent his subsequent detention under subsection (1) of that section.
.
One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".
Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.
A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.
Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.
Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.