Section 28

Application of Schedule

1 This Schedule applies where an article-

(a) has been seized under the authority of a warrant under section 28; and

(b) is being retained in the custody of a constable ("the relevant constable").

Notice of seizure

2

(1) The relevant constable must give notice of the article's seizure to-

(a) every person whom he believes to have been the owner of the article, or one of its owners, at the time of the seizure; and

(b) if there is no such person or it is not reasonably practicable to give him notice, every person whom the relevant constable believes to have been an occupier at that time of the premises where the article was seized.

(2) The notice must set out what has been seized and the grounds for the seizure.

(3) The notice may be given to a person only by-

(a) delivering it to him personally;

(b) addressing it to him and leaving it for him at the appropriate address; or

(c) addressing it to him and sending it to him at that address by post.