{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007/section-37",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/10",
  "legislation_title": "Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Warrants for entry",
  "text": "(1) A “warrant for entry” is a warrant which authorises—\n(a) a council officer to visit any specified place under section 7 or 16 together with a constable, and\n(b) a constable who so accompanies a council officer to do anything, using reasonable force where necessary, which the constable considers to be reasonably required in order to fulfil the object of the visit.\n(2) A warrant for entry—\n(a) expires 72 hours after it is granted, and\n(b) does not entitle any person to remain in a place which that person has entered in pursuance of the warrant after the warrant has expired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 29.10.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/314, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/10/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:56.603628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}