Paragraph 11

(1)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

a relevant authority no longer wishes to retain a seized item for any purpose,

(b)

the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the item was seized has ended (but see sub-paragraph (4)), and

(c)

reasonable efforts have been made, without success, to find a person entitled to the item, or it is for some other reason impracticable to return the item to a person entitled to it.

(2)

In this paragraph “seized item” means an item seized—

(a)

under paragraph 3 of this Schedule, or

(b)

in the exercise of a power in paragraph 28 or 29 of Schedule 5 to the 2015 Act for the purpose of enforcing a relevant offence.

(3)

The authority may dispose of the item in whatever way the authority considers appropriate.

(4)

In the case of a perishable item which no longer has any commercial value, the authority may dispose of the item before the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

(5)

The persons “entitled” to an item for the purposes of this paragraph are—

(a)

the person from whom it was seized;

(b)

(if different) any person to whom it belongs.