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TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS
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(a) to use a disc, tape or other storage device that is in or on the accident site or the transport vehicle and can be used with the equipment or in association with the equipment;
(b) to operate electronic equipment in or on the accident site or the transport vehicle to put the relevant data in documentary form and remove the documents so produced from the site or vehicle; and
(c) to operate electronic equipment in or on the place to transfer the relevant data to a disc, tape or other storage device that—
(i) is brought to the accident site or the transport vehicle for the exercise of the power; or
(ii) is in or on the accident site or the transport vehicle and the use of which for that purpose has been agreed in writing by the occupier of the accident site or transport vehicle, as the case may be,
and to remove the disc, tape or other storage device from that site or vehicle, as the case may be.

(3) The power that an investigator may exercise under subsection (1)(f) in relation to an accident site or a transport vehicle (or its wreckage) includes—

(a) opening anything at the accident site or the transport vehicle (or its wreckage), or in the possession of an individual found in or on the site or the transport vehicle, that is locked and to inspect anything in it;
(b) removing or causing to be removed an obstruction from the accident site or the transport vehicle (or its wreckage); and
(c) digging up anything at the accident site, removing roofing material, wall or ceiling linings or floors of a building, or panels or other parts of the transport vehicle (or its wreckage).

(4) If any thing was seized under subsection (1)(g), the thing must—