Paragraph 5 Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001I1I2

The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 is amended as follows.

In section 50 (additional powers of seizure from premises), in subsection (7), after “section 74(2)(h) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024” insert “or paragraph 3(2)(h) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025”.

In section 57 (retention of seized items), in subsection (1), at the end insert—

“(w)

paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025.”

In section 63(1) (powers of seizure: copies), in paragraph (d), after “section 74(2)(d) and (f) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024” insert “, and in paragraph 3(2)(d) and (f) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025”.

In section 64 (meaning of “appropriate judicial authority”)—

In section 65 (meaning of “legal privilege”), after subsection (3B) insert—

“(3C)

In relation to property which has been seized in exercise, or purported exercise, of—

(a)

the power of seizure conferred by paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025, or

(b)

so much of any power of seizure conferred by section 50 as is exercisable by reference to that power,

references in this Part to an item subject to legal privilege are to be read as references to a privileged communication within the meaning of section 73(3) of that Act.”

In section 66(5) (general interpretation of Part 2), after paragraph (j) insert—

“(k)

paragraph 3(2)(j) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025.”

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (powers of seizure to which section 50 applies), at the end insert—

“Football Governance Act 2025

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Each of the powers of seizure conferred by paragraph 3(2)(i) and (j) of Schedule 8 to the Football Governance Act 2025 (seizure of information for the purposes of an investigation).”