{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-scotland-act-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-scotland-act-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2018/3",
  "legislation_title": "Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A sheriff or justice of the peace may grant a warrant under this sub-paragraph if satisfied—\n(a) that there are reasonable grounds for believing—\n(i) that a section 1 offence has been or is being committed at any premises, or\n(ii) that evidence of the commission of, or participation in, a section 1 offence is to be found at any premises, and\n(b) that condition A or condition B is satisfied in relation to the premises.\n(2) Condition A is—\n(a) that—\n(i) admission to the premises has been refused, or\n(ii) such a refusal may reasonably be expected, and\n(b) that—\n(i) notice of the intention to seek a warrant has been given to the occupier of the premises, or\n(ii) the giving of such notice would frustrate the purpose for which the warrant is sought.\n(3) Condition B is—\n(a) that the premises are unoccupied, or\n(b) that the occupier is temporarily absent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 28.5.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/149, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/3/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:17.750764+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."
}