{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-review-of-search-and-seizure-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2272",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Review of Search and Seizure) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-review-of-search-and-seizure-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prescribes the powers and duties of a judicial officer when conducting a review, under section 8 of the Armed Forces Act 2001, of a search authorised by an officer under section 7 of that Act and of the seizure and retention of anything seized and retained during the search.\nThe judicial officer shall adopt such procedures at the review as he sees fit, although he must take into account representations made by certain people, including the officer who authorised the search and the occupier of the premises which were searched.\nThe judicial officer must order the return or disposal of seized property if he is satisfied that it is subject to legal privilege. The judicial officer must also order the return or disposal of seized property if he is satisfied as to any of the grounds in article 4(5) unless he is satisfied that it would be in the interests of justice to permit the retention of the property. The judicial officer may give such directions as he sees fit as to the return or disposal of the property.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2272/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:00:13.952565+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}