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LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 76AM Effect of digital evidence access order

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 76AM

Effect of digital evidence access order

76AM Effect of digital evidence access order

(1) The executing officer for a digital evidence access order may direct the specified person to--
(a) give the officer any information or assistance reasonable and necessary to enable the officer to access data held in or accessible from a computer specified in, or within the scope of, the order, or
(b) give the officer any information or assistance reasonable and necessary to allow the officer to--
(i) copy data from a computer specified in, or within the scope of, the order to another computer, or
(ii) convert the data into a documentary form or another form intelligible to a computer used by the officer.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the executing officer may require the specified person to provide reasonable and necessary assistance in accessing data on a computer that is secured by biometric means, including, for example, fingerprints or retina scans.
(3) To avoid doubt--
(a) information provided by a specified person under subsection (1) to access data held in or accessible from a computer may be used only for that purpose and no other purpose, and
(b) this section is subject to any other provision of this Act or another Act that provides for how a police officer may take particulars that are necessary to identify a person.
Note--: See, for example, Part 10, which provides for taking of identification particulars from persons in custody and other offenders, including section 136, which provides for identification particulars of children under the age of 14 years.