{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uefa-european-championship-scotland-act-2026/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uefa-european-championship-scotland-act-2026/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/4",
  "legislation_title": "UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uefa-european-championship-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Restrictions on power to seize infringing article",
  "text": "(1) An infringing article may be seized by an enforcement officer only if the officer considers it appropriate to do so for the purpose of—\n(a) ending the commission of a Championship offence,\n(b) preventing the future commission of such an offence,\n(c) enabling the article to be used in proceedings for such an offence, or\n(d) enabling the article to be forfeited in accordance with Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995.\n(2) An infringing article that is seized under subsection (1) must be returned when retention of it is no longer justified for a purpose mentioned in that subsection.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to perishable articles which no longer have any commercial value.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 20.9.2026 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2026/257, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/4/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:48.923987+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."
}