C2 Part IV Miscellaneous and supplemental
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Investigations into drug trafficking
C157 Provisions supplementary to sections 55 and 56.
1
For the purposes of sections 21 and 22 of the Police M1and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (access to, and copying and retention of, seized material)—
a
an investigation into drug trafficking shall be treated as if it were an investigation of or in connection with an offence; and
b
material produced in pursuance of an order under section 55(2)(a) of this Act shall be treated as if it were material seized by a constable.
2
In sections 55 and 56 of this Act “excluded material”, “items subject to legal privilege” and “premises” have the same meaning as in the 1984 Act.
Part IV (ss. 55-69) applied with modifications (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2880, arts. 3-6, Schs. 1-3 (as amended by S.I. 1997/2980, arts. 2-5, Sch.)