SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Extension to Northern Ireland of provisions of SOCAP 2005

Power to enter and seize documents: applications for warrants in Northern Ireland

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In section 66 (power to enter and seize documents), after subsection (10) insert—

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In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—

a

subsection (1) has effect as if, for the words from the beginning to “laid”, there were substituted “A lay magistrate may issue a warrant under this section if, on complaint on oath made”; and

b

subsections (1)(a) and (3)(b) have effect as if, for “in the information”, there were substituted “in the complaint”.