PART 4

Seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents

Retention of seized substances

Initial retention of seized substances
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1
Where—
a
a substance has been seized under section 55 or 56, and
b
there continue to be reasonable grounds to suspect that the substance was intended for use as a drug-cutting agent,
it may be retained until the end of the 30th day after the date of seizure.
2
Where—
a
a substance has been seized under another enactment and is lawfully in the possession of a police or customs officer,
b
the period during which the substance may lawfully be retained under that enactment expires, and
c
there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the substance was intended for use as a drug-cutting agent,
it may be retained until the end of the 30th day after the period referred to in paragraph (b).
S. 59 in force at 3.5.2015 by S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(j)