# The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Terrorist Cash) (No. 2) Rules 2001, Article 6: Applications for release of detained cash


(1) An application under paragraph 5(2) or paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 1 for the release of detained cash shall be made in writing to the justices' clerk referred to in rule 4(1), and shall specify the grounds on which it is made.
(2) The justices' clerk shall send a copy of the application to the authorised officer who seized the cash and to every person to whom notice of an order made under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 has been given.
(3) The justices' clerk shall fix a date for the hearing of the application, which, unless he directs otherwise, shall not be earlier than seven days from the date on which it is fixed, and shall notify the applicant, the authorised officer who seized the cash and every person to whom notice of an order made under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 has been given of that date.
(4) At a hearing of an application under paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 1, the court may, if it thinks fit, order that the applicant shall be joined as a party to all the proceedings in relation to the detained cash.
(5) A direction under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 1 for the release of detained cash shall be in Form D, and shall provide for the release of the cash within seven days of the date of the making of the direction or such longer period as with the agreement of the applicant may be specified in the direction, except that the cash shall not be released whilst paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 1 applies.
(6) An order under paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 1 for the release of detained cash shall be in Form E, and shall provide for the release of the cash within seven days of the date of the making of the order or such longer period as with the agreement of the applicant may be specified in the order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/4013/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-detention-and-forfeiture-of-terrorist-cash-no-2-rules-2001/article-6
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