7.—(1) Where a vehicle is detained by virtue of regulation 3, the authorised person must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to return the contents and any personal effects remaining on the vehicle to the person who is entitled to their return.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations a person is entitled to the return of contents or personal effects if—
(a)the person has provided satisfactory evidence of entitlement to the authorised person; or
(b)the person has, where the person seeks to recover contents or personal effects as the agent of another person, provided satisfactory evidence to the authorised person of the person’s status as agent and of the principal’s entitlement to the contents or personal effects.
(3) Where, by virtue of these Regulations, more than one person seeks to provide evidence of entitlement to any contents or personal effects, the authorised person must determine which of those persons is entitled to the contents or personal effects on the basis of the evidence provided by them.