The Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013

Care of controlled goodsE+W

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34.—(1) Where the enforcement agent removes controlled goods, other than securities, from premises or a highway where the enforcement agent has found them—

(a)the enforcement agent must keep the controlled goods, so long as they remain in the enforcement agent's control, in a similar condition to that in which the enforcement agent found them immediately prior to taking control of them;

(b)the goods must be removed to storage, unless the goods are removed for sale; and

(c)the storage must be secure and the conditions of that storage such as to prevent damage to or deterioration of the goods for so long as they remain in the enforcement agent's control.

(2) The enforcement agent must not remove controlled goods to a place where there would be at any time a contravention of any prohibition or restriction imposed by or under any enactment.