{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-westminster-act-1999/section-27A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-westminster-act-1999/section-27A.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1999/1",
  "legislation_title": "City of Westminster Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-westminster-act-1999",
  "path": "section/27A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27A",
  "heading": "Seizure",
  "text": "(1) Subject to section 27G (seizure of perishable items) of this Act, if an authorised officer or a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has committed an offence under section 27 (unlicensed street trading) of this Act he may seize—\n(a) any article or thing being offered for sale, displayed or exposed for sale; or\n(b) any other article or thing of a similar nature to that being offered or exposed for sale which is in the possession of or under the control of any person who is displaying an article or thing; or\n(c) any receptacle or equipment being used by that person,\nwhich may be required to be used in evidence in any proceedings in respect of that offence, or may be the subject of forfeiture under section 27E (forfeiture of seized items by court) of this Act.\n(2) An authorised officer or constable may also seize, for examination purposes, any article or thing which he has reasonable cause to suspect may be an article or thing which is prohibited by a specifying resolution made under subsection (1)(b) of section 5 (designation of streets and specification of articles) of this Act and unless the article or thing is required for evidential purposes it shall be returned as soon as possible to the person from whom it was seized.\n(3) An authorised officer or constable may also seize any receptacle or equipment (other than a motor vehicle) which—\n(a) is in a street; and\n(b) he has reasonable cause to believe is intended to be used in connection with an offence under the said section 27 involving the sale, offer for sale, display, or exposing for sale of refreshments.\n(4) An authorised officer shall produce his authority if required to do so by the person having control or possession of anything seized in pursuance of the powers in subsections (1) to (3) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 27-27I substituted for ss. 27-27C (27.5.2012) by virtue of London Local Authorities Act 2012 (c. ii), ss. 1(3), 10(6)-(18), Sch. 1 paras. 2-8, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1999/1/section/27A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:38.789367+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}