Paragraph 48 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)F1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 56ZA and cross-heading inserted by Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 s. 85(4)
Sch. 1 para. 10 word substituted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 171(3)(a)
Sch. 1 para. 92 word substituted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 171(3)(a)
Sch. 1 para. 10 words substituted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 171(3)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 92 words substituted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 171(3)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 73Z and cross-heading inserted by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 s. 49(8)

The powers of seizure conferred by sections 109(4), 200(3A) and 297B(4) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (seizure of evidence relating to offences concerning infringing copies, illicit recordings and unauthorised decoders).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 para. 48 substituted (1.4.2003) by The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Powers of Seizure) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/934), art. 2(2)