# Access to Justice Act 1999, Section 96: Execution by person not in possession of warrant.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, after section 125C (inserted by section 94 above) insert—
“ Execution by person not in possession of warrant.
125D (1) A warrant to which section 125A(1) above applies may be executed by any person entitled to execute it even though it is not in his possession at the time.
(2) A warrant to which this subsection applies (and which is not a warrant to which section 125A(1) above applies) may be executed by a constable even though it is not in his possession at the time.
(3) Subsection (2) above applies to—
(a) a warrant to arrest a person in connection with an offence;
(b) a warrant under section 186(3) of the Army Act 1955, section 186(3) of the Air Force Act 1955, section 105(3) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (desertion etc.);
(c) a warrant under section 102 or 104 of the General Rate Act 1967 (insufficiency of distress);
(d) a warrant under section 47(8) of the Family Law Act 1996 (failure to comply with occupation order or non-molestation order);
(e) a warrant under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (unwilling witnesses);
(f) a warrant under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (offenders referred to court by youth offender panel); and
(g) a warrant under section 55, 76, 93, 97 or 97A above.
(4) Where by virtue of this section a warrant is executed by a person not in possession of it, it shall, on the demand of the person arrested, committed or detained or against whom distress is levied, be shown to him as soon as practicable.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/section/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/section-96
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