# Serious Crime Act 2015, Section 44: Savings


(1) The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 10 (saving for certain law enforcement powers)—
(a) for “Section 1(1) above has” substitute “ Sections 1 to 3A have ”;
(b) in paragraph (a), after “seizure” insert “ or of any other enactment by virtue of which the conduct in question is authorised or required ”;
(c) in paragraph (b), after “seizure” insert “ or of any other enactment or rule of law by virtue of which the conduct in question is authorised or required ”;
(d) for “the said section 1(1)” substitute “ any of those sections ”;
(e) for “In this section “enforcement officer” means” substitute—
“In this section—
“enactment” means any enactment, whenever passed or made, contained in—
(a)an Act of Parliament;
(b)an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
(c)a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales;
(d)an instrument made under any such Act or Measure;
(e)any other subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978);
“enforcement officer” means”.
(3) In section 16 (application to Northern Ireland), after subsection (9) insert—
“(9A) In section 10 the definition of “enactment” shall be read as including a reference to an enactment, whenever passed or made, contained in Northern Ireland legislation or in an instrument made under such legislation.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/9/section/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015/section-44
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