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- From: cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: 1993 and duty free allowances
- Message-ID: <CC.93Jan22102148@arran.dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 10:21:48 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.093531.7474@edscom.demon.co.uk>
- <1993Jan18.121837.18025@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- <1993Jan21.140653.15999@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
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- In-Reply-To: andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk's message of 21 Jan 93 14:06:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.140653.15999@syma.sussex.ac.uk> andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) writes:
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- All officers of HM Customs and Excise are issued with what's called a
- "warrent card" - that's what makes them an offiece of C&E. My father never
- gave his back when he retired - it's a *really* impressive document, and
- essentially it amounts to a perpetual and totally open search warrent
- valid anywhere in the british isles. Hence they don't need to get a
- warrent to search your house, like the police do - they've already got
- one.
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- Is it even valid in the Irish Republic?
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- -- Chris. cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (on Janet, cc@uk.ac.ed.dcs)
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