Paragraph 7 I1

United Kingdom Not yet in force

(1)

Section 41 (extraction of information from electronic devices: investigations of death) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the heading, omit “from electronic devices”.

(3)

After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

An authorised person may extract information accessible by means of an online account if—

(a)

a person who was a user of the online account has died, and

(b)

the person was a user of the account before their death.”

(4)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for “power” substitute “powers”;

(b)

after “(1)” insert “and (1A)”.

(5)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

for “the power” substitute “the powers”;

(b)

after “(1)” insert “and (1A)”;

(c)

for “that power” substitute “those powers”.

(6)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”;

(b)

in paragraph (a), after “device” insert “, or accessible by means of the online account,”.

(7)

In subsection (5), after “the power” insert “in subsection (1) or (1A)”.

(8)

In subsection (6), after “the power” insert “in subsection (1) or (1A)”.

(9)

In subsection (7), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”.

(10)

In subsection (8), after “the power” insert “in subsection (1) or (1A)”.

(11)

In subsection (9)(a), for the words from “information” to the end substitute

“information—

(i)

likely to be stored on the device, or

(ii)

likely to be accessible by means of the online account, and”.

(12)

In subsection (10), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 19 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)