80BPower to require assistance from person with certain knowledge

80B Power to require assistance from person with certain knowledge

(1) This section applies if a magistrate or a judge has issued a warrant under section 79.

(2) The Magistrates' Court, Supreme Court or County Court (as the case may be), on the application of a police officer, may make an order requiring a specified person to provide any information or assistance that is reasonable and necessary to allow a police officer to do one or more of the things specified in subsection (3).

(3) The things are—

(a) access data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device that—

(i) is on the premises in respect of which the warrant is issued (warrant premises); or

(ii) has been seized under the warrant and is at a place other than warrant premises; or

(b) copy to another data storage device data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device described in paragraph (a); or

(c) convert into documentary form or another form intelligible to a police officer—

(i) data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device described in paragraph (a); or

(ii) data held in a data storage device to which the data was copied as described in paragraph (b); or

(d) use data—

(i) that is recorded on a thing that is—

(A) on warrant premises; or

(B) has been seized under the warrant and is at a place other than warrant premises; and

(ii) that enables access to other data held in, or accessible from, a computer or data storage device—

to access the other data.

(4) An application may be made under subsection (2) at the same time as an application is made for the warrant under section 79 or at any time after the issue of the warrant.

(5) The Magistrates' Court, Supreme Court or County Court (as the case may be) may make the order if satisfied that—

(a) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that data held in, or accessible from, a computer, or data storage device, described in subsection (3)(a) or recorded on a thing described in subsection (3)(d) will assist in finding the location of, or means of access to, tainted property or forfeited property; and

(b) the specified person is—

(i) reasonably suspected of having committed the offence in reliance on which the warrant was issued; or

(ii) the owner or lessee of the computer, data storage device or thing; or

(iii) an employee of the owner or lessee of the computer, data storage device or thing; or

(iv) a person engaged under a contract for services by the owner or lessee of the computer, data storage device or thing; or