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Amendments to the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006

4.  After regulation 40(3) (Issue of warrants generally) insert—

(4) A judicial officer may, on application by the Regulator, authorise an officer of the Regulator to take possession of any written or electronic records for which a search has been authorised under paragraph (1) if the conditions in paragraph (5) are met.

(5) The conditions are that the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that—

(a)those records have been obtained in consequence of, or are evidence in relation to—

(i)a contravention of section 4(1) of the Act; or

(ii)non compliance with a condition of authorisation;

(b)it is necessary to take copies of those records;

(c)it is necessary to take possession of those records to take copies of them.