{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Evidence of authority etc",
  "text": "(1) Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search warrant is present at the time when a constable seeks to execute the warrant, the following requirements must be satisfied—\n(a) the occupier must be told the constable’s name;\n(b) if not a constable in uniform, the constable must produce to the occupier documentary evidence that they are a constable;\n(c) the constable must produce the warrant to the occupier;\n(d) the constable must supply the occupier with a copy of it.\n(2) Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search warrant is not present at the time when a constable seeks to execute the warrant—\n(a) if some other person who appears to the constable to be in charge of the premises is present, sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if a reference to the occupier were a reference to that other person;\n(b) if not, the constable must leave a copy of the warrant in a prominent place on the premises.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 22 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 22 in force at 29.10.2026 by S.I. 2026/960, reg. 5(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/16/paragraph/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+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."
}