# Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999, Rule 3.20.3: Search warrants


(1) On a summary application by a person authorised under section 19 of the Act to the sheriff sitting as a court of civil jurisdiction, the sheriff may issue a warrant under Part 2 of the Act.
(2) Any such application must set out grounds sufficient to satisfy the sheriff–
(a) that a production or access order made in relation to material on the premises has not been complied with;
(b) that–
(i) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person has benefited from an ICC crime;
(ii) there are grounds for making a production and access order in relation to material on the premises; and
(ii) it would not be appropriate to make a production and access order in relation to the material for any of the reasons specified in paragraph 10(4) of schedule 5 to the Act; or
(c) that–
(i) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person has benefited from an ICC crime;
(ii) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is material on the premises which cannot be particularised at the time of the application, but which–
(aa) relates to the specified person, or to the question of whether that person has benefited from an ICC crime, or to any question as to the extent or whereabouts of the proceeds of an ICC crime; and
(bb) is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with other material) to the investigation for the purposes of which the application is made; and
(iii) any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 10(6) of schedule 5 to the Act applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/929/rule/3.20.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999/rule-3.20.3
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