Prospective
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order vests in an investigator appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when investigating a serious arrestable offence or anything which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting has involved the commission of a serious arrestable offence, the powers set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the Act”) for a constable to apply to a circuit judge for (i) an order requiring production of or access to “special procedure material” or (ii) a warrant for one or more constables together with one or more DTI investigators to search for and seize such material. “Special procedure material” is defined in section 14 of the Act and “serious arrestable offence” is defined in section 116 of the Act. Article 4 of the Order makes consequential amendments.