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Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022

152.Paragraph 8 of schedule 2 enables a Trading Standards officer to break open containers in order to be able to inspect, copy or seize and retain items or documents where the officer reasonably suspects that an offence has been or is being committed. In this context, containers may be a variety of different things, ranging from a locked cupboard or safe to a computer hard drive or mobile phone.

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