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84 Power to scan for child sexual abuse images at the border
After section 164A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (powers to search for cash) insert—
Power to scan for child sexual abuse images
164B (1) This section applies if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person to whom section 164 applies is carrying an electronic device storing child sexual abuse images.
(2) If this section applies, an officer may—
(a) scan the information stored on the device using technology approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of ascertaining whether information stored on an electronic device includes child sexual abuse images,
(b) require the person to permit the scan, and
(c) require the person to take such steps as appear necessary to allow the scan to be performed.
(3) In this section—
“child sexual abuse image” means—
in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child or a prohibited image of a child;
in relation to Scotland, an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child;
“electronic device” means any article on which information is capable of being stored in electronic form, and includes any component of such an article;
“indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child” has—
in relation to England and Wales, the same meaning as in the Protection of Children Act 1978;
in relation to Scotland, the same meaning as in section 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;
in relation to Northern Ireland, the same meaning as in the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17));
“prohibited image of a child” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
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84 Power to scan for child sexual abuse images at the border
After section 164A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (powers to search for cash) insert—
Power to scan for child sexual abuse images
164B (1) This section applies if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person to whom section 164 applies is carrying an electronic device storing child sexual abuse images.
(2) If this section applies, an officer may—
(a) scan the information stored on the device using technology approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of ascertaining whether information stored on an electronic device includes child sexual abuse images,
(b) require the person to permit the scan, and
(c) require the person to take such steps as appear necessary to allow the scan to be performed.
(3) In this section—
“child sexual abuse image” means—
in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child or a prohibited image of a child;
in relation to Scotland, an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child;
“electronic device” means any article on which information is capable of being stored in electronic form, and includes any component of such an article;
“indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child” has—
in relation to England and Wales, the same meaning as in the Protection of Children Act 1978;
in relation to Scotland, the same meaning as in section 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;
in relation to Northern Ireland, the same meaning as in the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17));
“prohibited image of a child” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
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