Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993
52Powers to search for, and seize, certain documents
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52 Powers to search for, and seize, certain documents
A police officer may –
(a) enter premises; and
(b) search those premises for any property-tracking document in relation to a serious offence; and
(c) seize any document found in the course of the search that the police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be a property-tracking document in relation to a serious offence –
but only if the entry, search or seizure, as the case may be, is made –
(d) with the consent of the occupier of the premises; or
(e) under a search warrant issued under section 53 .