# The Armed Forces (Entry, Search and Seizure) (Amendment) Order 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
The Armed Forces (Entry, Search and Seizure) Order 2003 supplements the entry, search and seizure powers conferred by the Armed Forces Act 2001 on service policemen and on those authorised by a commanding officer to search certain premises. The main changes made by this Order are to amend the 2003 Order to take account of certain changes in the equivalent powers of civilian policemen in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.
Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the Schedule make provision to enable service policemen to apply on grounds to be stated in the warrant for search warrants allowing entry to and search of named premises on more than one occasion. Paragraph 4 requires the warrant to specify whether the maximum number of entries allowed is unlimited or limited to a specified maximum.
Paragraph 5 of the Schedule permits the making of as many copies of multiple entry warrants as may be required.
Paragraph 6 of the Schedule gives a person accompanying a service policeman on a search of premises the same powers of search and seizure as the service policeman. Paragraph 7 requires entry and search to be within 3 months of the issue of a warrant and paragraph 8 requires approval to be obtained from a senior policeman of a specified minimum rank for the execution of multiple entry warrants.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3244/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-entry-search-and-seizure-amendment-order-2006/note
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