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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Administration and enforcement - Administration - Enforcement powers

106: Application for warrant for entry to search

You could also call this:

"Asking for permission to search a place"

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If you want to search a place, you need to apply for a special permit called a search warrant. You can apply for this permit if you are a police officer or an enforcement officer who has been given special permission by a chief executive, as stated in section 101(2).

You have to apply for the permit in a specific way, which is explained in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

An issuing officer can give you the permit if they think there is a good reason to believe a crime has happened, is happening, or will happen, and that there is evidence of this crime at the place you want to search.

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Part 4Administration and enforcement
Administration: Enforcement powers

106Application for warrant for entry to search

  1. An application for a search warrant in respect of any premises, place, structure, vehicle, or ship may be made by—

  2. a constable; or
    1. an enforcement officer specifically authorised in writing by the chief executive in accordance with section 101(2) to apply for search warrants.

      1. The application must be made in the manner provided in subpart 3 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

      2. An issuing officer may issue a search warrant in respect of the premises, place, structure, vehicle, or ship if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds—

      3. to suspect that an offence has been, is being, or will be committed against the Act; and
        1. to believe that there is evidential material at the premises, place, structure, vehicle, or ship.