SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 14
SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 14
14 . Warrants for maintenance and retrieval of certain tracking devices
(1) A court may issue
a tracking device (maintenance/retrieval) warrant, if the court is satisfied,
upon an application made in accordance with section 15, that —
(a) a
tracking device or devices has or have been attached or installed on a vehicle
that was situated in a public place where the attachment or installation was
carried out by a person in the course of that person’s duty as a law
enforcement officer; and
(b) the
vehicle is no longer situated in a public place.
(2) A court, when
issuing a tracking device (maintenance/retrieval) warrant, may authorise the
maintenance or retrieval or the maintenance and retrieval of a tracking device
or devices which has or have been attached or installed on a specified
vehicle, and when doing so, the court may by the warrant authorise the entry,
by force if necessary, into or onto specified premises or other premises where
the specified vehicle may for the time being be.
(3) A court, when
issuing a tracking device (maintenance/retrieval) warrant, may authorise the
temporary removal of a vehicle from specified premises for the purpose of the
maintenance or retrieval or the maintenance and retrieval of a tracking device
and the return of the vehicle to those premises.