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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-act-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-act-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/30",
  "legislation_title": "Ivory Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person applying for a search warrant must—\n(a) state that the application is made under section 17 of this Act;\n(b) specify the matters set out in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) (as the case may be);\n(c) state what are the grounds for suspecting that relevant evidence is on the premises;\n(d) specify the offence to which the evidence relates.\n(2) A person who is applying for a specific-premises warrant must specify each set of premises that it is desired to enter and search.\n(3) A person who is applying for an all-premises warrant must—\n(a) specify as many of the sets of premises that it is desired to enter and search as it is reasonably practicable to specify;\n(b) specify the person who is in occupation or control of those premises and any other premises that it is desired to enter and search;\n(c) explain why it is necessary to search more premises than those specified under paragraph (a);\n(d) explain why it is not reasonably practicable to specify all the premises that it is desired to enter and search.\n(4) A person who is applying for a search warrant authorising entry and search on more than one occasion must also state—\n(a) the ground on which the person applies for such a warrant;\n(b) whether the person seeks a warrant authorising an unlimited number of entries, or (if not) the maximum number of entries desired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 6.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/288, reg. 4(e) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/30/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:37.139084+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."
}