Regulations about retention of knives and other articles

1 The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision as to— a the provision to persons— i by whom articles have been surrendered in response to a request under subsection (1) of section 51C, or ii from whom articles have been seized under that subsection, of written information about the powers of retention of Supreme Court security officers, b the keeping of records about articles which have been so surrendered or seized, c the period for which unclaimed articles have to be kept, and d the disposal of unclaimed articles at the end of that period. 2 In subsection (1) “ unclaimed article ” means an article— a which has been retained under section 51C, b which a person is entitled to have returned, c which has not been returned, and d whose return has not been requested by a person entitled to it. 3 Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Lord Chancellor must by regulations make provision as to— a the procedure to be followed when a knife is retained under section 51C; b the making of requests by eligible persons for the return of knives so retained; c the procedure to be followed when returning a knife pursuant to a request made in accordance with the regulations. 4 In subsection (3)— “ eligible person ”, in relation to a knife retained under section 51C, means— the person who surrendered the knife under subsection (1) of section 51C or from whom the knife was seized under that subsection, or any other person specified in regulations under subsection (3); “ knife ” has the same meaning as in section 51C.