{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/426",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Waste (Dealing with Seized Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Duty of safe custody",
  "text": "A seizure authority must keep the seized property in safe custody until—\n(a) any duty to return under regulation 14, 15(2)(b), 16(2)(b) or 17(2)(c) ceases in accordance with regulation 19(1); or\n(b) where applicable, the ability to sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of the seized property arises in accordance with regulation 21 or 22.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 6.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/426/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:44.602702+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."
}