In section 1(1) of the Police (Property) Act 1897 (power of court to make orders in respect of property which has come into the possession of the police in connection with a criminal charge), for “with any criminal charge” there is substituted “ with their investigation of a suspected offence ”.

Section 3(2) of that Act (which modified references to the Secretary of State in the application of the Act to Northern Ireland and is spent) is hereby repealed.