{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-waste-dealing-with-seized-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Notice of seizure",
  "text": "(1) A seizure authority must give notice of the seizure of property under section 5 of the 1989 Act or under section 34B of the 1990 Act by—\n(a) displaying a notice at the office of the seizure authority on whose behalf the seizure was made, for the period—\n(i) beginning with the first working day after the date of seizure; and\n(ii) ending 15 working days after that date; and\n(b) publishing such notice in a newspaper or on the seizure authority’s website in accordance with regulation 8.\n(2) A seizure notice must contain the following information—\n(a) a brief description of the seized property, including any registration mark;\n(b) the time and place where the property was seized;\n(c) the power under which the property was seized;\n(d) the name and contact details, including the address, of the seizure authority;\n(e) the address and contact details of where to claim entitlement to the property (if different from that given under sub-paragraph (d));\n(f) the claim period;\n(g) an explanation of the evidence that a claimant will need to provide to the seizure authority to establish entitlement to the seized property in accordance with regulation 11; and\n(h) an explanation that the seized property can be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with regulation 21 if it is not claimed within the claim period or if a claimant who brought a claim within such period is not determined as entitled.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}