Knives (Forfeited Property) Regulations 1997
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1997/1907 |
| Year | 1997 |
1997 No. 1907
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND
The Knives (Forfeited Property) Regulations 1997
Made 25th July 1997
Laid before Parliament 7th August 1997
Coming into force 1st September 1997
The Secretary of State, in pursuance of section 7(8) and (9) of the Knives Act 19971, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Knives (Forfeited Property) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations,
“museum or similar institution” means any institution which has as its purpose, or one of its purposes, the preservation and display of material of historical, aesthetic or technical interest to which the public are given access.
“the relevant authority” means
(a) in relation to a police area in England and Wales listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 19962or the City of London police area, the police authority (within the meaning of that Act);
(b) in relation to the metropolitan police district, the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;
(c) in relation to Scotland, a police authority (within the meaning given by section 2(1), as read with section 19(9)(a), of the Police (Scotland) Act 19673) for the area for which the police force is maintained;
“the 1997 Act” means the Knives Act 1997.
Property to which Regulations apply
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to property which is in the possession of the police by virtue of a forfeiture order under section 6 of the 1997 Act and in respect of which—
(a)
(a) no application under section 7(3) of the 1997 Act has been made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the forfeiture order was made; or
(b)
(b) no such application has succeeded.
(2) Where, within the period specified in paragraph (1) above, an application by a claimant of the property has been made under section 7(3) of the 1997 Act or the person upon whose conviction the court ordered the forfeiture of the property under section 6 of that Act has appealed against the conviction or sentence, these Regulations shall not apply to the property until that application or appeal has been determined.
Disposal of property
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, property to which these Regulations apply shall be...
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