(1)Any object seized by an enforcement officer under section 264(2) may be retained by the relevant authority.
(2)If either of the grounds of release in subsection (3) applies, the relevant authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, make the object available for collection.
(3)The grounds of release referred to in subsection (2) are—
(a)that the relevant authority has decided not to take proceedings in respect of any offence in relation to which the object was seized;
(b)that any proceedings taken in respect of such an offence have concluded without any order for forfeiture having been made.
(4)But subsection (2) does not apply if the object is liable to forfeiture under section 275 or 276.
(5)Any reference in this section to an object seized under subsection (2) of section 264 includes a reference to anything seized by virtue of subsection (6) of that section.