Regulation 43 Copying of documents

(1)

The officer of the Regulator who executes a warrant may take a copy of any record for which the warrant authorises a search.

(2)

The officer may require any information that is stored in electronic form, and is accessible from the premises, to be produced in a form—

(a)

in which it can be copied; and

(b)

in which it is visible and legible, or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form;

if he has reasonable grounds for believing that it is a record for which the warrant authorises a search.

(3)

However, nothing in this regulation authorises an officer of the Regulator to take a copy of anything that the officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be—

(a)

an item subject to legal privilege;

(b)

excluded material; or

(c)

special procedure material.