61.—(1) This article applies where, before 1st April 2019, an officer of the Regulator took possession of any written or electronic records in accordance with an authorisation given by a judicial officer under regulation 40(4) of the 2006 Regulations.
(2) Section 176A(1) (retention of documents taken under section 176) of the 2000 Act has effect in relation to the written or electronic records concerned as if they were documents of which possession had been taken under section 176 of that Act.
Section 176A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), section 41 and paragraph 15 of Schedule 12.