Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017

22 Interim orders

(1) The appropriate court may, on an application by the Secretary of State, make any order it thinks appropriate for the safekeeping of property that is or may be the subject of an application for a forfeiture order under section 20.

(2) An order under this section may for example—

(a) prohibit a person from dealing in the property;

(b) require it to be kept at a particular location;

(c) stipulate conditions under which it must be kept;

(d) require or authorise a person to take steps for its conservation.

(3) If the property is not yet the subject of an application for a forfeiture order the court may make an order under this section only if it is satisfied that there is an arguable case that the property is liable to forfeiture.

(4) An order made in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (3) lapses if no application for the forfeiture of the property is made within the period of four months beginning with the day on which the order is made.

(5) An order under this section may be amended or discharged by the court that made it.

(6) In this section “the appropriate court” has the meaning given in section 20(2).