[F1195RRelease of propertyN.I.
(1)This section applies in relation to property which—
(a)has been seized by an appropriate officer under section 195C, and
(b)is detained under or by virtue of any of sections 195J to 195M and 195P.
(2)The property must be released if at any time an appropriate officer decides that the detention condition is no longer met.
(3)The detention condition is met for so long as—
(a)any of the conditions in section 195B is met, and
(b)there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion mentioned in section 195C(1).
(4)Nothing in this section requires property to be released if there is a power to detain it otherwise than under or by virtue of sections 195J to 195M and 195P.
(5)Nothing in this section affects the operation of any power or duty to release property that arises apart from this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 195A-195T and cross-headings inserted (22.11.2014 for the insertion of ss. 195S(1)-(5), 195T(1)-(7) for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 57(2), 116(1) (as amended by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(m) (with arts. 24-28); S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3; S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(b))