Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

Unless a justice or coroner otherwise orders, a police officer who seizes a document must allow a person who would be entitled to the document—

to inspect it at any reasonable time and from time to time; and

to take extracts from or make copies of it.

If a police officer seizes a document under a production order, the officer, if asked by the person to whom the order was addressed, must give the person a copy of the document certified by the officer in writing to be a true copy of the document.

The police officer may refuse to comply with subsection (1) or (2) if the officer reasonably suspects complying with the subsection will enable the person to repeat or continue an offence of which the documents are evidence or commit another offence.