Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

57 Retention of seized items U.K.

(1) This section has effect in relation to the following provisions (which are about the retention of items which have been seized and are referred to in this section as “the relevant provisions”)—

(a) section 22 of the 1984 Act;

(b) Article 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989 1341 (N.I. 12));

(c) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) section 448(6) of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6);

F4 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(k) [F6 paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 3B to] the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37);

(l) section 5(4) of the Knives Act 1997 (c. 21);

F7 (m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(n) [F8 sections 28(7) and 28A(8)] of the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41);

(o) [F9 sections 122E and 176A] of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8);

(p) paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 3 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36).

F10 (pa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F11 (q) paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 5 to the Human Tissue Act 2004.]

[F12 (r) paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 2 to the Animal Welfare Act 2006.]

[F13 (s) paragraphs 28(7) and 29(8) of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015]

[F14 (t) paragraph 10 of Schedule 15 to the Data Protection Act 2018;]

[F15 (u) paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 to the Online Safety Act 2023;]

[F16 (v) section 75(6) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;]

[F17 (w) paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025.]

(2) The relevant provisions shall apply in relation to any property seized in exercise of a power conferred by section 50 or 51 as if the property had been seized under the power of seizure by reference to which the power under that section was exercised in relation to that property.

(3) Nothing in any of sections 53 to 56 authorises the retention of any property at any time when its retention would not (apart from the provisions of this Part) be authorised by the relevant provisions.

(4) Nothing in any of the relevant provisions authorises the retention of anything after an obligation to return it has arisen under this Part.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 57(1)(c) repealed (1.12.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), ss. 84, 92, 114, Sch. 22 para. 13(1)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 5(1); S.I. 2007/3166, art. 3(a)

F2 S. 57(1)(d) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 62(a); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)

F3 S. 57(1)(e)(h)(j) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 364(b)

F4 S. 57(1)(g) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 62(a); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)

F5 S. 57(1)(i) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 189(3) (with art. 10)

F6 Words in s. 57(1)(k) substituted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 7 para. 19; S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(y)

F7 S. 57(1)(m) omitted (25.5.2018) by virtue of Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 71(a) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

F8 Words in s. 57(1)(n) substituted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 123(3), 339(1); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2) (with Sch. paras. 2, 20)

F9 Words in s. 57(1)(o) substituted (3.7.2016) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/680), regs. 1, 13(2)

F10 S. 57(1)(pa) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 62(a); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)

F11 S. 57(1)(q) inserted (1.3.2006 for certain purposes and 7.4.2006 for certain further purposes and 1.9.2006 otherwise) by Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30), ss. 56, 60, Sch. 6 para. 5(2) (with s. 58); S.I. 2006/404, arts. 2, 3, Sch. (subject to art. 4 and with transitional provisions in arts. 5, 6); S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3 (subject to arts. 4, 7, 8 ) (as amended by S.I. 2006/2169, art. 2)

F12 S. 57(1)(r) inserted (27.3.2007 for W. and 6.4.2007 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), ss. 64, 68, Sch. 3 para. 14(1) (with ss. 1(2), 58(1), 59, 60); S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(l); S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(l)

F13 S. 57(1)(s) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 62(b); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i)

F14 S. 57(1)(t) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 71(b) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

F15 S. 57(1)(u) inserted (10.1.2024) by Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50), ss. 108(2), 240(1); S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z10)

F16 S. 57(1)(v) inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 77(3), 339(1) (with s. 81); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)

F17 S. 57(1)(w) inserted (21.7.2025 for specified purposes) by Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21), s. 100(1)(2)(g), Sch. 12 para. 5(3)