# The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 11: Special provisions as to access


(1) A constable may obtain access to excluded material or special procedure material for the purposes of a criminal investigation by making an application under Schedule 1 and in accordance with that Schedule.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any statutory provision passed or made before the making of this Order under which a search of premises for the purposes of a criminal investigation could be authorised by the issue of a warrant to a constable shall cease to have effect so far as it relates to the authorisation of searches—
(a) for items subject to legal privilege; or
(b) for excluded material; or
(c) for special procedure material consisting of documents or records other than documents.
(3) Nothing in this Article or in Schedule 1 shall affect the powers conferred by sections 37 and 38 of, and Schedules 5 and 6 to, the Terrorism Act 2000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-11
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