SCHEDULES
F1Schedule 2A Retention and disposal of property seized under section 54(2A) of this Act
Retention
2
1
Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, property to which this Schedule applies may be retained for a period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which it was seized.
2
Where proceedings for an offence are instituted within the period specified in sub-paragraph (1) above against any person, the property may be retained for a period beginning on the day on which it was seized and ending on the day when—
a
the prosecutor certifies that the property is not, or is no longer, required as a production in criminal proceedings or for any purpose relating to such proceedings;
b
the accused in such proceedings—
i
is sentenced or otherwise dealt with for the offence; or
ii
is acquitted of the offence; or
c
the proceedings are expressly abandoned by the prosecutor or are desertedsimpliciter.
Sch. 2A inserted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 24(4), Sch. 1; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4