16Dealings by security officer with prohibited object

16 Dealings by security officer with prohibited object

If a person has deposited a prohibited object with a security officer or the security officer has seized from a person a prohibited object, the security officer –

(a) is to return the prohibited object to the person, if the person so requests, when the person leaves the court premises, unless paragraph (b) applies; or

(b) is to –

(i) advise a police officer that the prohibited object has been deposited with or seized by the security officer; and

(ii) give the prohibited object to a police officer –

if the security officer has reasonable cause to believe that –

(iii) the prohibited object may be required as evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act; or

(iv) the person is not legally entitled to possess the prohibited object; or

(v) the prohibited object, if returned to the person, may be used imminently to commit an offence.