The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Extension of powers of seizure to computerised informationN.I.

22.—(1) Every power of seizure which is conferred by a statutory provision to which this Article applies on a constable who has entered premises in the exercise of a power conferred by a statutory provision shall be construed as including a power to require any information[F1 stored in any electronic form] and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible[F2 or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form].

(2) This Article applies—

(a)to any statutory provision passed or made before the making of this Order;

(b)to Articles 10 and 20;

(c)to paragraph 10 of Schedule 1; and

(d)to any statutory provision passed or made after the making of this Order.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)