JUSTICES ACT 1886 - SECT 69B
Execution of a computer warrant
JUSTICES ACT 1886 - SECT 69B
Execution of a computer warrant
69B Execution of a computer warrant
(1) A computer warrant may be executed by using—
(a) a written version of
the warrant; or
(b) information about the warrant in another document made
under the approved procedures.
(2) A document mentioned in subsection (1) (b)
used to execute a computer warrant must include information prescribed under a
regulation.
(3) The execution of a computer warrant by using a document
mentioned in subsection (1) (b) has the same effect as if the document were
the computer warrant.
(4) If anyone is arrested on execution of a computer
warrant using a document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , a written version
of the warrant, made before or after the execution, must then be dealt with as
if the written version of the warrant had been used.
(5) In a proceeding
before a court in which execution of a computer warrant is relevant—
(a) a
document purporting to be a written version of the warrant certified by the
person who made it under the approved procedures is admissible as proof of the
warrant it purports to be; and
(b) unless the court requires a written
version to be produced, a document purporting to be a document mentioned in
subsection (1) (b) , certified under a regulation, is admissible as proof of a
warrant it purports to contain information about.
