# Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

The first set of access conditions is fulfilled if—
(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing—
(i) that an indictable offence has been committed;
(ii) that there is material which consists of special procedure material or includes special procedure material and does not also include excluded material on premises specified in the application , or on premises occupied or controlled by a person specified in the application (including all such premises on which there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is such material as it is reasonably practicable so to specify);
(iii) that the material is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with other material) to the investigation in connection with which the application is made; and
(iv) that the material is likely to be relevant evidence;
(b) other methods of obtaining the material—
(i) have been tried without success; or
(ii) have not been tried because it appeared that they were bound to fail; and
(c) it is in the public interest, having regard—
(i) to the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if the material is obtained; and
(ii) to the circumstances under which the person in possession of the material holds it,
that the material should be produced or that access to it should be given.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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