PART 1Sanctions regulations

CHAPTER 5Miscellaneous

I141Procedure for dealing with goods etc seized from ships

1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with goods seized under a power conferred by regulations under section 1 by virtue of section 19 or 20.

2

Regulations under this section relating to goods seized on suspicion of being prohibited goods or relevant goods may include provision—

a

requiring prescribed persons to be notified of the seizure of the goods;

b

requiring the Secretary of State to determine whether the seized goods were, at the time of their seizure, prohibited goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 19) or relevant goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 20);

c

enabling the making of a claim by prescribed persons in relation to the seized goods;

d

about the determination by a prescribed court of any such claim;

e

about the publicity to be given to any such determination by a court;

f

for and about the return of seized goods to prescribed persons before or after any such determination of a claim by a court;

g

about the treatment of seized goods not so returned (including, in prescribed circumstances, their destruction or sale);

h

for and about the payment of compensation by the Secretary of State following a determination by a court that the goods were not, at the time of their seizure, prohibited goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 19) or relevant goods (where the goods were seized under a power conferred by virtue of section 20).

3

In this section—

  • “goods” has the same meaning as in sections 19 and 20 (see subsections (13) of those sections);

  • “prohibited goods” has the same meaning as in section 19 (see subsection (13) of that section);

  • “relevant goods” has the same meaning as in section 20 (see subsection (11) of that section).