This section confers a power for an authorised officer or the Secretary of State to access and examine any information stored on a relevant article (that is retained under section 24(9)(a)), copy and retain information that relates, or may relate, to the commission (whether in the past or future) of an offence under section 25 or 25A of the Immigration Act 1971; and use any information retained for any purpose relating to the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of such an offence.
	Subsection (2) requires a constable to gain authorisation from a police officer of at least the rank of inspector before they may exercise any of the powers under this section,(3) If an inspector gives an authorisation under subsection (2), an inspector must ensure that, if they authorise a police constable to use these powers, a superintendent is notified as soon as possible (subsection (3)).
	Subsection (4) and (5) requires NCA officers follow an authorisation process to use the powers to access, examine, copy, retain or use information.
Part 1: Border Security Powers of search etc in relation to electronic devices Section 26: Powers to access, copy and use information stored on relevant articles