PART 4Seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents

Retention of seized substances

I159Initial retention of seized substances

1

Where—

a

a substance has been seized under section 55 or 56, and

b

there continue to be reasonable grounds to suspect that the substance was intended for use as a drug-cutting agent,

it may be retained until the end of the 30th day after the date of seizure.

2

Where—

a

a substance has been seized under another enactment and is lawfully in the possession of a police or customs officer,

b

the period during which the substance may lawfully be retained under that enactment expires, and

c

there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the substance was intended for use as a drug-cutting agent,

it may be retained until the end of the 30th day after the period referred to in paragraph (b).