{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greyhound-racing-offences-scotland-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greyhound-racing-offences-scotland-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/15",
  "legislation_title": "Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greyhound-racing-offences-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Entry and associated powers",
  "text": "The power to seize a greyhound under paragraph 4(b) or 5(2)(b) may only be exercised—\n(a) where the greyhound is in the possession or control of a person who the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting has committed or is committing a relevant offence, and\n(b) where the constable considers it appropriate to seize the greyhound for the purposes of—\n(i) enabling the greyhound to be used in proceedings for a relevant offence, or\n(ii) enabling the greyhound to be forfeited in accordance with Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 8(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/15/schedule/1/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:40.713507+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."
}