{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-254",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/23",
  "legislation_title": "Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009",
  "path": "section/254",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "254",
  "heading": "Retention of seized items",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to any item seized in the exercise of a power conferred by section 252.\n(2) The item may be retained so long as is necessary in all the circumstances and in particular—\n(a) for use as evidence at a trial for a relevant offence, or\n(b) for forensic examination or for investigation in connection with a relevant offence.\n(3) No item may be retained for either of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) if a photograph or a copy would be sufficient for that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 254 in force at 12.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 21"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/section/254",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:47.916077+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."
}