LUKIC v. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Section 2 of the Police (Property) Act 1897 (regulations with respect to unclaimed property in possession of police) is amended as follows.
After subsection (2) there is inserted—
After subsection (4) there is inserted—
For subsection (6) there is substituted—
Section 43 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (power to deprive offender of property used, or intended for use, for purposes of crime) is amended as follows.
In subsection (5)—
for “section 2(1)” there is substituted “section 2”,
after “shall” there is inserted “subject to subsection (6) below”, and
after “regulations for disposal” there is inserted “(including disposal by vesting in the relevant authority)”.
After that subsection there is inserted—
Article 11 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (power to deprive offender of property used, or intended for use, for purposes of crime) is amended as follows.
In paragraph (8)—
for “section 2(1)” there is substituted “ section 2 ”,
after “may” there is inserted “ subject to paragraph (8A) ”, and
after “provision for disposal” there is inserted “ (including disposal by vesting in the Police Authority for Northern Ireland) ”.
After that paragraph there is inserted—
In section 1(1) of the Police (Property) Act 1897 (power of court to make orders in respect of property which has come into the possession of the police in connection with a criminal charge), for “with any criminal charge” there is substituted “ with their investigation of a suspected offence ”.
Section 3(2) of that Act (which modified references to the Secretary of State in the application of the Act to Northern Ireland and is spent) is hereby repealed.
Section 9 of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1874 (which makes provision as to unclaimed money and goods found or stolen) is hereby repealed.
The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 is amended as follows.
In section 80 (application of Part VII of that Act), for paragraph (b) of subsection (2) there is substituted—.
In section 83 (provision as to certain property in possession of person taken into police custody)—
for “the property”, where those words first occur, there is substituted “ property to which this Part of this Act applies ”; and
at the end there is added “ (the property being regarded, for the purposes of those provisions, as being found by the constable arresting or detaining the person so taken) ”.
After Part VII there is inserted the following Part—.
In section 131 (provisions of that Act which apply to the Crown), for “Parts VI and VII” there is substituted “ Parts VI to VIIA ”.
This Act may be cited as the Police (Property) Act 1997.
This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
In this Act—
section 1 extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland only,
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sections 3 to 5 extend to Northern Ireland only, and
section 6 extends to Scotland only.