[F1 RetentionS
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 24(4), Sch. 1; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4
2(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, property to which this Schedule applies may be retained for a period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which it was seized.S
(2)Where proceedings for an offence are instituted within the period specified in sub-paragraph (1) above against any person, the property may be retained for a period beginning on the day on which it was seized and ending on the day when—
(a)the prosecutor certifies that the property is not, or is no longer, required as a production in criminal proceedings or for any purpose relating to such proceedings;
(b)the accused in such proceedings—
(i)is sentenced or otherwise dealt with for the offence; or
(ii)is acquitted of the offence; or
(c)the proceedings are expressly abandoned by the prosecutor or are desertedsimpliciter.]