75 Authorisations under Part III of the Police Act 1997

75  Authorisations under Part III of the Police Act 1997

(1)     Section 93 of the Police Act 1997 (authorisations to interfere with property etc) shall be amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1) (the action that the authorising officer may authorise), for “or” at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(ab)     the taking of such action falling within subsection (1A), in respect of property outside the relevant area, as he may specify, or”.

(3)     After that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(1A)     The action falling within this subsection is action for maintaining or retrieving any equipment, apparatus or device the placing or use of which in the relevant area has been authorised under this Part or Part II of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 or under any enactment contained in or made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament which makes provision equivalent to that made by Part II of that Act of 2000.

(1B)     Subsection (1) applies where the authorising officer is a customs officer

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