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Version date: 26 November 2008 - onwards

4. Record of removal

(1) A constable who removes a document under section 1 must make a written record of the removal.

(2) The record must be made as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within the period of 24 hours beginning with the time when the document was removed.

(3) The record must -

(a) describe the document,

(b) specify the object of the removal,

(c) where the document was found in the course of a search of a person, state the person's name (if known),

(d) where the document was found in the course of a search of any premises, state the address of the premises where the document was found,

(e) where the document was found in the course of a search of any premises, state the name (if known) of -

(i) any person who, when the record is made, appears to the constable to have been the occupier of the premises when the document was found, and