http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/10/section/38/2008-10-29Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the purposes of protecting adults from harm; to require the establishment of committees with functions relating to the safeguarding of adults who are at risk of harm; to amend the law relating to incapable adults; to remove an individual's liability for expenses incurred by councils in performing certain functions in relation to the individual's spouse or child; to allow the Scottish Ministers to delegate their functions relating to councils' duty to pay sums for the purposes of securing community care services; to make provision entitling a council to recover expenses incurred in providing social services to persons who are not ordinarily resident in the council's area; to allow the Public Guardian to intervene in court proceedings; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-03-14Expert Participation2008-10-29 Part 1 Protection of adults at risk of harm<Emphasis>Protection orders and visits: supplementary</Emphasis>Criteria for granting warrants for entry: section 7 visits381A sheriff who grants an assessment order must also grant a warrant for entry in relation to a visit under section 7 of a place from which a person may be taken in pursuance of the assessment order.2The sheriff may, on the application of the council, otherwise grant a warrant for entry in relation to a visit under section 7 only if satisfied, by evidence on oath—athat a council officer has been, or reasonably expects to be—irefused entry to, oriiotherwise unable to enter,the place concerned, orbthat any attempt by a council officer to visit the place without such a warrant would defeat the object of the visit.S. 38 in force at 29.10.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/314, art. 2
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