Police Force (Disposal of Property) (Jersey) Regulations 1975

Jersey R & O 6196

 

Police Force (Jersey) Law, 1974.

____________

 

POLICE FORCE (DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS, 1975.

____________

 

 

(Promulgated on the 17th day of September, 1975).

____________

 

STATES OF JERSEY.

____________

 

The 9th day of September, 1975.

____________

THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 4 of the Police Force (Jersey) Law, 1974,1 have made the following Regulations:  -

1.             Subject to the provisions of Regulation 2 of these Regulations, where properly has come into the possession of a police officer, and the owner of the property cannot be ascertained or found, the property may be disposed of by sale by auction or otherwise, as follows: -

(a)     where the property is a perishable article, or its custody involves unreasonable expense or inconvenience, it may be sold at any time, but the proceeds of sale shall remain in the possession of the police for three months from the date of sale;

(b)     in the case of any other property (other than money) the same shall be sold as soon as may be after it has been in the possession of the police for three months:

(c)     where the property consists of money it shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided in like manner as if it were the proceeds of a sale, after it has remained in the possession of the police for three months.

2.             Where a person has been convicted of an offence in connexion with any property which has come into the possession of a police officer, no action, other than the sale of perishable goods, shall be taken under Regulation 1 of these Regulations until the expiration of at least three months from the date of conviction, or, where notice of appeal has been given, three months after the date of hearing, or abandonment, of the appeal, as the case may be.

3.             The Chief Officer may pay to any person by whom property has been delivered to the police such reasonable compensation as he thinks fit.

4.             After the deduction of any expenses incurred in connexion with –

(a)     the sale or storage of property;

(b)     advertising for the owner of the property;

(c)     the payment of compensation under Regulation 3 of these Regulations;

the proceeds of the sale of any property shall be credited to the Annual Income of the States.

5.             These Regulations may be cited as the Police Force (Disposal of Property) (Jersey) Regulations, 1975 and shall come into force forthwith upon promulgation.

 

E.J.M. POTTER,

 

Greffier of the States.



1        Recueil des Lois, Tome 1973–1974, page 380.


Page Last Updated: 13 Jan 2016