WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 430
Return of seized things
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 430
Return of seized things
430 Return of seized things
(1) If a seized thing is not forfeited, the authorised officer must return it
to its owner—
(a) at the end of 6 months; or
(b) if a proceeding for either
of the following involving the thing is started within 6 months, at the end of
the proceeding and any appeal from the proceeding—
(i) an offence against
this Act;
(ii) a Planning Act offence.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , unless
the thing is forfeited, the authorised officer must immediately return a thing
seized to its owner if the authorised officer stops being satisfied—
(a) its
continued retention as evidence is necessary; or
(b) its continued retention
is necessary to prevent the thing being used to continue, or repeat, the
offence.