Justices Act 1886

A computer warrant may be executed by using—

a written version of the warrant; or

information about the warrant in another document made under the approved procedures.

A document mentioned in subsection (1)(b) used to execute a computer warrant must include information prescribed under a regulation.

The execution of a computer warrant by using a document mentioned in subsection (1)(b) has the same effect as if the document were the computer warrant.

If anyone is arrested on execution of a computer warrant using a document mentioned in subsection (1)(b), a written version of the warrant, made before or after the execution, must then be dealt with as if the written version of the warrant had been used.

In a proceeding before a court in which execution of a computer warrant is relevant—

a document purporting to be a written version of the warrant certified by the person who made it under the approved procedures is admissible as proof of the warrant it purports to be; and

unless the court requires a written version to be produced, a document purporting to be a document mentioned in subsection (1)(b), certified under a regulation, is admissible as proof of a warrant it purports to contain information about.