{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-retention-and-disposal-of-items-seized-regulations-2002/regulation-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Disposal otherwise than to the owner and destruction",
  "text": "(1) After the expiration of the period set out in regulation 5(3) above or the determination of an unsuccessful application under regulation 6 above, whichever is the later, an item to which regulation 5 above applies shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the directions of the relevant officer.\n(2) Where further retention of such an item is, in the opinion of the relevant officer, necessary for the purposes of criminal proceedings, the item shall be retained until he is satisfied that retention is no longer necessary and then destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with his directions.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}