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Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials (Offences) Act 2015

Section 2: Meaning of “specialist printing equipment”

13.Subsection (1) defines “specialist printing equipment” as any equipment which is designed or adapted for, or is otherwise capable of being used for, the making of relevant documents, including any material or article that is used in the making of such documents.

14.Subsection (2) defines a “relevant document” as anything that is or purports to be: an identity document; a travel document; an entry document; a document used for verifying the holder’s age or national insurance number; a currency note or protected coin; a debit or credit card; and any other instrument to which section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 applies.

15.Subsection (3) further defines the meaning of an “identity document”. Subsection (4) further defines the meaning of a “travel document”. Subsection (5) further defines the meaning of an “entry document”. Subsection (6) defines various other terms used in the section.

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