Paragraph 9

Where in Scotland any equipment has been seized and detained by an officer of an enforcement authority pursuant to paragraph 4 above, the enforcement authority may apply to the sheriff for forfeiture of the equipment under this paragraph.

An application to the sheriff under subparagraph (1) shall be made by summary application and must be made within the period of six months beginning with the date on which the equipment to which it relates was seized.

Where an application is made under this paragraph and the sheriff is satisfied that the equipment breaches the relevant provision, the sheriff shall order the equipment to be forfeited to the enforcement authority concerned, unless cause is shown why the equipment should not be forfeited.

Any equipment ordered to be forfeited under this paragraph may be disposed of by the enforcement authority concerned in such manner as it thinks fit.

This paragraph applies to Scotland only.