# Football Governance Act 2025, Paragraph 4: Power to enter business premises under a warrant

Extent: E+W

(1) A warrant under paragraph 3 must describe—
(a) the subject-matter and purpose of the investigation;
(b) the offence created by section 78(5).
(2) The powers conferred by paragraph 3 are exercisable only on production of the warrant issued under that paragraph.
(3) Before executing a warrant under paragraph 3, the authorised officer must—
(a) take reasonable steps to inform the occupier of the premises of the intended entry, and
(b) afford the occupier or their legal or other representative a reasonable opportunity to be present when the warrant is executed.
(4) But sub-paragraph (3) does not apply if the authorised officer considers that so informing the occupier would prejudice the execution of the warrant.
(5) If the authorised officer is unable to, or under sub-paragraph (4) does not, inform the occupier of the intended entry they must, when executing the warrant, leave a copy of it in a prominent place on the premises.
(6) On leaving any premises which they have entered by virtue of a warrant under paragraph 3, the authorised officer must, if the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, leave them as effectively secured as they found them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/21/schedule/8/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025/schedule-8/paragraph-4
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