Article 213K Release of detained propertyF1

This article applies while any property is detained under article 213I (detention of seized property).

A magistrates’ court or (in Scotland) the sheriff may direct the release of the whole or any part of the property if the following condition is met.

The condition is that the court or sheriff is satisfied, on an application by the person from whom the property was seized, that the conditions in article 213I for the detention of the property are no longer met in relation to the property to be released.

A relevant officer or (in Scotland) a procurator fiscal may, after notifying the magistrates’ court or sheriff under whose order property is being detained, release the whole or any part of it if satisfied that the detention of the property to be released is no longer justified.