HC Deb 15 May 1984 vol 60 cc273-4

Amendments made: No. 50, in page 17, line 8, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert— '(1) The powers conferred by subsection (1C), (1D) and (1E) below are exercisable by a constable who is searching any premises—

  1. (a) in the exercise of a power conferred on him by an enactment, including an enactment contained in an Act passed after this Act; or
  2. (b) with the consent of the occupier.
(1A) The powers conferred by subsections (1C) and (1D) below are exercisable in relation to any article which is on the premises, other than an item which the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be subject to legal privilege, and the references in subsections (1C) and (1D) below to articles to which those subsections apply are to be construed accordingly. (1B) The power conferred by subsection (1E) below is exercisable in relation to any information contained in a computer and accessible from the premises, other than information which the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be subject to legal privilege; and the reference in that subsection to information to which it applies is to be construed accordingly. (1C) The constable may seize any article to which this subsection applies if he has reasonable grounds for believing—
  1. (a) that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence; and
  2. (b) that is is necessary to seize it in order to prevent it being concealed, lost, damaged, altered or destroyed.
 (1D) The constable may seize any article to which this subsection applies if he has reasonable grounds for believing—
  1. (a) that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence; and
  2. (b) that it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent it being concealed, lost, altered or destroyed.
 (1E) The constable may require any information to which this subsection applies to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away if he has reasonable grounds for believing—
  1. (a) that
    1. (i) it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence; or
    2. (ii) it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence; and
  2. (b) that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent it being concealed, lost, tampered with or destroyed.'

No. 51, in page 17, line 26, leave out from beginning to end of line 24 on page 18.

No. 52, in page 18, line 25, after 'anything', insert 'under this section'.—[Mr. Douglas Hogg.]

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