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2(1)For the purposes of enforcing a relevant offence, an officer of a relevant authority may exercise a power in paragraph 28 or 29 of Schedule 5 to the 2015 Act to seize and detain any goods or documents only if the officer reasonably suspects that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of—
(a)ending the commission of the offence;
(b)preventing the commission of the offence;
(c)enabling the goods or documents to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent the exercise of the power in relation to any other legislation of the authority (within the meaning of paragraph 9 of that Schedule).
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