# Online Safety Act 2023, Paragraph 8: Powers of seizure: supplementary

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This paragraph applies where the person executing a warrant seizes a document or other thing.
(2) The person must, on request—
(a) give a receipt for it, and
(b) (in the case of a document) give an occupier of the premises a copy of it.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2)(b) does not apply if the person executing the warrant considers that providing a copy would result in undue delay.
(4) Anything seized may be retained for so long as is necessary in all the circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/12/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-12/paragraph-8
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