Paragraph 6 I1

(1)

Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search and seizure warrant is present at the time when a police or customs officer seeks to execute the warrant, the police or customs officer—

(a)

must identify himself or herself to the occupier and, if not a constable in uniform, must produce to the occupier documentary evidence that he or she is a police or customs officer;

(b)

must produce the warrant to the occupier;

(c)

must supply the occupier with a copy of it.

(2)

Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search and seizure warrant is not present at the time when a police or customs officer seeks to execute the warrant—

(a)

if some other person who appears to the officer 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;

(b)

if not, the officer must leave a copy of the warrant in a prominent place on the premises.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 3.5.2015 by S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(p)