146.Paragraph 15 of the schedule enables a person who has an interest in a glue trap, item or document which has been retained by Trading Standards to apply to a sheriff for the release of the item. A sheriff may do so only where either (i) no proceedings for an offence have been brought within the period of 12 months from the day on which the thing was taken, or (ii) proceedings have been brought and are finished and the thing has not been forfeited as part of those proceedings.