{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knives-forfeited-property-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knives-forfeited-property-regulations-1997/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1907",
  "legislation_title": "The Knives (Forfeited Property) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knives-forfeited-property-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Property to which Regulations apply",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to property which is in the possession of the police by virtue of a forfeiture order under section 6 of the 1997 Act and in respect of which—\n(a) no application under section 7(3) of the 1997 Act has been made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the forfeiture order was made; or\n(b) no such application has succeeded.\n(2) Where, within the period specified in paragraph (1) above, an application by a claimant of the property has been made under section 7(3) of the 1997 Act or the person upon whose conviction the court ordered the forfeiture of the property under section 6 of that Act has appealed against the conviction or sentence, these Regulations shall not apply to the property until that application or appeal has been determined.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1907/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:55.441435+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."
}