{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Execution of search warrants",
  "text": "(1) A search warrant may be executed by any constable.\n(2) A search warrant may authorise persons to accompany a constable who is executing it.\n(3) A person authorised under sub-paragraph (2) to accompany a constable who is executing a search warrant—\n(a) may exercise any power conferred by paragraph 5, 8 or 9 which the constable may exercise as a result of the warrant, but\n(b) may exercise such a power only in the company of, and under the supervision of, the constable.\n(4) In sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) “constable” includes a person who has the powers of a constable.\n(5) Part 4 of this Schedule contains further provision about the execution in England and Wales or Northern Ireland of search warrants under paragraph 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}