# The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 22: Extension of powers of seizure to computerised information


(1) Every power of seizure which is conferred by a statutory provision to which this Article applies on a constable who has entered premises in the exercise of a power conferred by a statutory provision shall be construed as including a power to require any information stored in any electronic form and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form.
(2) This Article applies—
(a) to any statutory provision passed or made before the making of this Order;
(b) to Articles 10 and 20;
(c) to paragraph 10 of Schedule 1; and
(d) to any statutory provision passed or made after the making of this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-22
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