Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017 (c. 6)

Part 4 Property exported from occupied territory

Seizure and retention of property liable to forfeiture

25 Notices of seizure or retention

(1) A notice under section 23(5) or 24(4)—

(a) must be in writing, and

(b) must set out the grounds for the seizure of the property or its retention.

(2) A notice under section 23(5) or 24(4) must be given to a person by—

(a) delivering it personally,

(b) addressing it to the person and leaving it at the appropriate address,

(c) addressing it to the person and sending it by post to that address, or

(d) in the case of a person who has no address within the United Kingdom, or whose address is unknown, publishing it in the London, Edinburgh or Belfast Gazette.

(3) “The appropriate address”, in relation to a person, means—

(a) in the case of a body corporate, its registered or principal office;

(b) in any other case, the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business.