66 General interpretation of Part 2

66  General interpretation of Part 2

(1)     In this Part—

“appropriate judicial authority” has the meaning given by section 64;

“documents” includes information recorded in any form;

“item subject to legal privilege” shall be construed in accordance with section 65;

[“marine installation” has the meaning given by section 262 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;]

“premises” includes any vehicle, stall or moveable structure (including an offshore installation [or other marine installation]) and any other place whatever, whether or not occupied as land;

“offshore installation” has the same meaning as in the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 (c 61);

“return”, in relation to seized property, shall be construed in accordance with section 58, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“seize”, and cognate expressions, shall be construed in accordance with section 63(1) and subsection (5) below;

“seized property”, in relation to any exercise of a power of seizure, means (subject to subsection (5)) anything seized in exercise of that power; and

“vehicle” includes any vessel, aircraft or hovercraft.

(2)     In this Part references, in relation to a time when seized property is in any person's possession in consequence of a seizure (“the

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