Seizure of material associated with representation of age
259 Seizure of material associated with representation of age
If an inspector reasonably believes or suspects that a person—
has made, or caused to be made, a false document in contravention of section 255(2)(a); or
is in possession of a document given to the person in contravention of section 255(2)(b) or 256(1); or
is in possession of a document defaced or interfered with in contravention of section 256(2);
the inspector may seize and confiscate—
in the case specified in paragraph (a)—
all documents made in contravention of section 255(2)(a) in the person’s possession; and
all equipment and materials in the person’s possession reasonably suspected by the inspector to have been used, or to be intended for use, in contravening section 255(2)(a); or
in the case specified in paragraph (b) or (c)—the document in respect of which section 255(2)(b) or 256(1) or (2) appears to have been contravened.
Nothing in this section authorises an inspector to seize and confiscate a digital device if—
the inspector reasonably believes or suspects the device was used in the commission of the offence mentioned in section 255(2)(a) or (b) or 256(1) or (2); and
in committing the offence the person used the device to display the following things, or an image or other design purporting to be the thing—
a digital authority;
a digital evidence of age;
a digital evidence of identity.
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