173Extension of search and seizure powers in relation to unlawful broadcasting etc
(1)In subsection (1) of section 15 of the 1949 Act (entry and search of premises)—
(a)after “Act” there shall be inserted “or under the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967”; and
(b)the words “and named in the warrant,” shall be omitted.
(2)In subsection (2) of that section, the words “and named in the authorisation” shall be omitted.
(3)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2) of that section—
“(2A)Without prejudice to any power exercisable by him apart from this subsection, a person authorised by the Secretary of State or (as the case may be) by the BBC to exercise any power conferred by this section may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of that power.”
(4)In subsection (1)(b) of section 79 of the [1984 c. 12.] Telecommunications Act 1984 (seizure of apparatus and other property used in committing certain offences connected with wireless telegraphy), the following paragraphs shall be inserted after “reception);”—
“(ba)any offence under section 5(b) of that Act;
(bb)any offence under the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967;”.
(5)In subsection (2) of that section—
(a)for “the person or persons named in it” there shall be substituted “any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise the power conferred by this subsection”; and
(b)the words “or them” shall be omitted.
(6)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4) of that section—
“(4A)Without prejudice to any power exercisable by him apart from this subsection, a person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise any power conferred by this section may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of that power.”