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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-items-seized-regulations-2002/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1372",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Retention and Disposal of Items Seized) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-items-seized-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“owner” in relation to an item to which regulation 5 below applies means the person from whom it was seized, and “ownership” shall be construed accordingly;\n“relevant officer” means the chief officer of the police force of which the constable by whom an item was seized is a member or, where the constable concerned is not a member of a police force, the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables in question;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1372/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:56:56.008204+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."
}