# Serious Crime Act 2015, Paragraph 6


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/9/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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