9(1)A person who claims that any cash detained under this Schedule, or any part of it, belongs to him may apply to a magistrates' court or (in Scotland) the sheriff for the cash or part to be released to him.
(2)The application may be made in the course of proceedings under paragraph 3 or 6 or at any other time.
(3)If it appears to the court or sheriff concerned that—
(a)the applicant was deprived of the cash claimed, or of property which it represents, by criminal conduct,
(b)the property he was deprived of was not, immediately before he was deprived of it, property obtained by or in return for criminal conduct and nor did it then represent such property, and
(c)the cash claimed belongs to him,
the court or sheriff may order the cash to be released to the applicant.