# The Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009, Paragraph 5: Search warrants – safeguards


(1) Article 8 is modified as follows.
(2) For the purposes of article 8(2) an entry on or search of premises under a warrant complies with articles 8 to 10 if—
(a) as regards anything done before commencement, it complies with articles 8 to 10 of the 2003 Order; and
(b) as regards anything done on or after commencement, it complies with articles 8 to 10 of this Order.
(3) Article 8(6) applies in relation to a hearing of an application for a warrant which was made under section 5 of the 2001 Act or Schedule 1 to the 2003 Order.
(4) Article 8(10) applies in relation to a pre-commencement warrant of which the copies required by article 8(7) of the 2003 Order have not been made.
(5) In article 8(11)—
(a) the reference to the copies of a warrant includes copies of a pre-commencement warrant which have been made under article 8(7) of the 2003 Order but have not been certified as copies in accordance with article 8(8) of that Order; and
(b) the reference to the judge advocate who issues the warrant is to be read as a reference to the person who (as a judicial officer) issued the warrant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480021/schedule/4/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-powers-of-stop-and-search-search-seizure-and-retention-order-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-5
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