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Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11) Part 2—Miscellaneous provisions (3) A person exercising a power conferred by a warrant under this section may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances for exercising that power.

(4) An article seized under the authority of a warrant issued under this section—
 * (a) may be removed by a constable to such place as he thinks fit; and
 * (b) must be retained there in the custody of a constable until returned or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this Act.

(5) An article to which this section applies which is seized under the authority of a warrant issued under this section on an information laid by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland—
 * (a) shall be liable to forfeiture; and
 * (b) if forfeited, may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by a constable in whatever manner he thinks fit.

(6) In Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) (powers which relate to the seizure of property in bulk)—
 * (a) in Part 1, at the end insert—


 * |73H || |The power of seizure conferred by section 28 of the Terrorism Act 2006.”
 * }
 * (b) in Part 3, at the end insert—
 * (b) in Part 3, at the end insert—


 * |113 || |The power of seizure conferred by section 28 of the Terrorism Act 2006.”
 * }
 * }

(7) Nothing in—
 * (a) the Police (Property) Act 1897 (c. 30) (property seized in the investigation of an offence), or
 * (b) section 31 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32) (which makes similar provision in Northern Ireland),

applies to an article seized under the authority of a warrant under this section.

(8) Schedule 2 (which makes provision about the forfeiture of articles to which this section applies) has effect.

(9) In this section—
 * “article” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of this Act;
 * “forfeited” means treated or condemned as forfeited under Schedule 2, and “forfeiture” is to be construed accordingly;
 * “premises” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (see section 23 of that Act).

(10) In the application of this section to Scotland—
 * (a) in subsection (1), for the words from the beginning to “satisfied” substitute “If a sheriff, on the application of a procurator fiscal, is satisfied”;
 * (b) in subsection (5) omit “on an information laid by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland”;
 * (c) in subsection (9), for the definition of ‘“premises” substitute—
 * “‘premises’ has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (see section 121 of that Act).”