Ivory Act 2018

26 Notices and records in relation to seized items U.K.

(1) This section applies where an officer, or a person accompanying an officer, seizes an item under section 21 or 23.

(2) When the item is seized, the officer must make reasonable efforts to give a written notice to each of the following persons—

(a) in the case of an item seized from a person, the person from whom the item was seized;

(b) in the case of an item seized from premises, any person who appears to the officer to be the occupier of the premises or otherwise to be in charge of the premises;

(c) if the officer thinks that the item may belong to any person not falling within paragraph (a) or (b), that other person.

A person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) is referred to in this section as an “affected person”.

(3) If—

(a) the item is seized from premises, and

(b) at the time of the seizure it is not reasonably practicable to give a notice to an affected person,

the officer must leave a copy of the notice in a prominent place on the premises.

(4) The notice must—

(a) state what has been seized and the reason for its seizure;

(b) specify any offence that the officer suspects has been committed;

(c) explain the effect of sections 29, 30 and 32.

(5) The officer must make a record of what has been seized.

(6) If a person who appears to the officer concerned to be an affected person asks for a copy of that record, the officer must provide a copy of it to that person within a reasonable time.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 26 in force at 6.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/288, reg. 4(m) (with reg. 5)