Section 7 Power to search for scanning receivers.

Section 15 of the 1978 Act (power to search for munitions and radio transmitters) shall be amended as follows.

The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

“(4A)

The preceding provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to scanning receivers as they have effect in relation to transmitters.”

In subsection (5), after the definition of “munitions” there shall be inserted—

• ““scanning receiver” means—

  1. (a)

     any apparatus for wireless telegraphy designed or adapted for the purpose of automatically monitoring selected frequencies, or automatically scanning a selected range of frequencies, so as to enable transmissions on any of those frequencies to be detected or intercepted; or

  2. (b)

     part of any such apparatus;”.