168Access to things seized

168 Access to things seized (1) This section applies to a document or anything else seized under this chapter. (2) If asked by a person who would be entitled to inspect the thing if it were not seized under this chapter, an inspector must allow the person, at any reasonable time— (a) for a document—to inspect it, take extracts from it or make copies of it; and (b) for anything else—to inspect it.

(3) This section does not apply to— (a) a thing seized under section 152 (4) (which is about the seizure of a thing that poses a risk to the health or safety of people or of damage to property or the environment); or (b) a thing seized under section 163 (Use of electronic equipment at premises); or (c) a thing or information if possession of it by the person otherwise entitled to inspect it would be an offence.