PART 1Sanctions regulations
CHAPTER 5Miscellaneous
41Procedure for dealing with goods etc seized from ships
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with goods seized under a power conferred by regulations under section 1 by virtue of section 19 or 20.
2
Regulations under this section relating to goods seized on suspicion of being prohibited goods or relevant goods may include provision—
a
requiring prescribed persons to be notified of the seizure of the goods;
b
requiring the Secretary of State to determine whether the seized goods were, at the time of their seizure, prohibited goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 19) or relevant goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 20);
c
enabling the making of a claim by prescribed persons in relation to the seized goods;
d
about the determination by a prescribed court of any such claim;
e
about the publicity to be given to any such determination by a court;
f
for and about the return of seized goods to prescribed persons before or after any such determination of a claim by a court;
g
about the treatment of seized goods not so returned (including, in prescribed circumstances, their destruction or sale);
h
for and about the payment of compensation by the Secretary of State following a determination by a court that the goods were not, at the time of their seizure, prohibited goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 19) or relevant goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 20).