23.This section applies when a person has been convicted of a park trading offence. In accordance with subsections (1) and (2), the court by which he was convicted may order forfeiture of anything which was seized under section 4, is being retained by the Secretary of State under clause 5, and which the court believes to have been used in the commission of the offence. Before making such an order the court is required by subsection (3)(a) to permit anyone who claims to be its owner or to have an interest in it to make representations. The court must also consider the value of the thing in question and the likely consequences of forfeiture: subsection (3)(b).