70Powers to search for, and seize, documents relevant to locating etc. property

70 Powers to search for, and seize, documents relevant to locating etc. property

(1) A police officer may: (a) enter upon land, or upon or into premises; (b) search the land or premises for any property‑tracking document in relation to an indictable 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 an indictable 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 land or premises; or (e) under a warrant issued under section 71. (2) A police officer is not empowered to do anything under this section after the commencement of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 unless it is done under a search warrant issued under section 71 of this Act for which an application was made under that section before that commencement.