This section applies if—
If within the period mentioned in section 127J an application is made for the order to be varied so as to include provision under section 120A authorising detention of the property, the property may be detained until the application is determined or otherwise disposed of.
If such an application is made within that period and the application is refused, the property may be detained until there is no further possibility of an appeal against (or review of)—
Exempt property seized under section 127C(5A) may be detained under subsections (2) and (3) only with the approval of a senior officer.
In subsection (4)—
"exempt property" has the meaning given in section 127C(4) (reading references there to the accused as references to the person by whom the property is held);
"senior officer" has the meaning given in section 127G(3) (and for this purpose, the powers under subsections (2) and (3) to detain property are to be treated as exercised by the appropriate officer who seized the property).