Search of computer: authorised officers may compel access and passwords to examine data on devices during searches. Regulation 11 authorises an authorised officer conducting a search to use reasonable measures to access computers or data storage devices in a searched person's possession or immediate control, operate such devices or have them operated, and require persons present who can facilitate access to provide passwords or otherwise enable inspection of information in a visible, legible form; definitions treat computer and computer or other data storage device expansively to include specified electronic devices and devices lawfully accessible through the device searched.
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Search of computer: authorised officers may compel access and passwords to examine data on devices during searches.
Regulation 11 authorises an authorised officer conducting a search to use reasonable measures to access computers or data storage devices in a searched person's possession or immediate control, operate such devices or have them operated, and require persons present who can facilitate access to provide passwords or otherwise enable inspection of information in a visible, legible form; definitions treat computer and computer or other data storage device expansively to include specified electronic devices and devices lawfully accessible through the device searched.
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