Clause 10

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) This section applies if it appears to any Magistrate upon information, and after any inquiry which he or she thinks necessary, that there is probable cause to believe that in any dwelling house, shop or other building or place, there is or are concealed or deposited —

goods or property liable to forfeiture under this Act;

goods or property as to which any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act has been committed;

books, records, documents or other articles, directly or indirectly, relating to any transaction or dealing in any goods or property mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

books, records, documents or other articles, directly or indirectly, relating to any false trade information certificate;

any computers or associated devices, or mobile communication devices, containing or to which is available any data relating to any transaction or dealing in any goods or property mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); or

any cash that may afford evidence as to the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act.(1A) The Magistrate may issue a warrant authorising any senior authorised officer, by day or by night and with or without any assistance —

to enter the dwelling house, shop or other building or place and there to search for and seize —

any goods or property reasonably suspected to be goods or property mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b);

any books, records, documents or other articles reasonably suspected to be books, records, documents or other articles mentioned in subsection (1)(c) or (d);

any computers or associated devices, or mobile communication devices, reasonably suspected to be computers or associated devices, or mobile communication devices, mentioned in subsection (1)(e); and

any cash reasonably suspected to be cash mentioned in subsection (1)(f);

to inspect the operation of, and any data contained in or available to, anything mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii);

to, without payment, make copies of, or take extracts from —

anything mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii); or

any data contained in or available to anything mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii); and

to take any reasonable steps to preserve anything mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii), (iii) or (iv).”; and

after subsection (2), insert —“(3) In this section, “data” includes any computer program or computer software installed in a computer and any computer output (within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1993).”.