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Article 15 Extension of powers of seizure to computerised information

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(1)

Every power of seizure which is conferred by an enactment to which this article applies on an authorised person shall be construed as including a power to require any information stored in any electronic form and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form.

(2)

This article applies—

(a)

to section 5;

(b)

to section 7;

(c)

to article 13; and

(d)

to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1.

(3)

In this article, “authorised person” has the same meaning as in article 14.