ScheduleEnforcement powers
Entry and associated powers
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(1)
A thing seized in exercise of the power in paragraph 4(b) or 5(2)(b) must be returned when retention of it is no longer justified for the purposes of—
(a)
enabling it to be used in proceedings for a relevant offence, or
(b)
enabling it to be forfeited in accordance with Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to perishable things which no longer have any commercial value.