41 Extraction of information from electronic devices: investigations of death
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

41  Extraction of information from electronic devices: investigations of death

(1)     An authorised person may extract information stored on an electronic device from that device if—

(a)     a person who was a user of the electronic device has died, and

(b)     the person was a user of the device immediately before their death.

(2)     The power in subsection (1) may be exercised only for the purposes of—

(a)     an investigation into the person's death under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009,

(b)     an inquest into the person's death under the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, or

(c)     an investigation into the person's death by the Lord Advocate.

(3)     References

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