Regulation 6 Dealing with a request

(1)

Unless paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, the chief executive must, within 28 days of receipt of a request under regulation 5, arrange for the knife to be posted to the person requesting its return.

(2)

This paragraph and paragraph (3) apply where a constable has advised the chief executive that the knife may be treated as evidence of, or in relation to, an offence.

(3)

Where paragraph (2) applies, the chief executive must, within 28 days of receipt of the request under regulation 5, notify in writing the person requesting the return of the knife of the following—

(a)

that the knife will not be returned because it may be treated as evidence of, or in relation to, an offence;

(b)

the date on which the chief executive was so advised;

(c)

the name of the police station at which the police officer who gave the advice is based; and

(d)

that the knife will be disposed of.