(1) For the purposes
of the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 —
(a) the
office of authorised officer is a public officer; and
(b) a
holder of that office may exercise the powers in Parts 6 and 13 of that Act.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 Part 13 applies as if
the power to seize a thing under section 244 were a power to seize the thing
under that Act.