[550ZC Power to seize items found during search under section 550ZA]
Education Act 1996 (1996 c 56) | Legislation

[550ZC  Power to seize items found during search under section 550ZA]

[(1)     A person carrying out a search under section 550ZA may seize any of the following found in the course of the search—

(a)     anything which that person has reasonable grounds for suspecting is a prohibited item;

(b)     any other thing which that person has reasonable grounds for suspecting is evidence in relation to an offence.

(2)     A person exercising the power in subsection (1) [to seize an item within section 550ZA(3)(a) to (f) or anything within subsection (1)(b)] may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances for exercising that power.

(3)     A person who seizes alcohol under subsection (1) may retain or dispose of the alcohol and its container.

(4)     A person who seizes a controlled drug under subsection (1)—

(a)     must (subject to paragraph (b)) deliver it to a police constable as soon as reasonably practicable; but

(b)     may dispose of it if the person thinks that there is a good reason to do so.

(5)     A person who seizes a stolen

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