WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 423 Securing seized things
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 423
Securing seized things423 Securing seized things
Having seized a thing, an authorised officer may—
(a) move the thing from the place where it was seized (the
"place of seizure" ); or
(b) leave the thing at the place of seizure but take reasonable action to restrict access to it; orExamples of restricting access to a thing—1 sealing a thing and marking it to show access to it is restricted2 sealing the entrance to a place where the thing is situated and marking it to show access to it is restricted
(c) if the thing is equipment—make it inoperable.Example of making equipment inoperable—dismantling equipment or removing a component of equipment without which the equipment is not capable of being used