Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (repealed)

[F1 7C Powers of entry and search: monitoring compliance with order U.K.

(1) A constable may apply for the issue of a warrant under this section for the purposes of determining whether the controlled person is complying with the obligations imposed by or under a control order.

(2) The application must be made—

(a) in England and Wales, to a justice of the peace;

(b) in Scotland, to the sheriff;

(c) in Northern Ireland, to a lay magistrate.

(3) A warrant under this section shall authorise any constable to enter (if necessary by force) and search premises to which this section applies that are specified in the warrant.

(4) The premises to which this section applies are—

(a) the controlled person's place of residence;

(b) other premises to which the controlled person is required to grant access in accordance with an obligation imposed by or under the control order;

(c) any premises—

(i) to which the controlled person has previously been required to grant access in accordance with an obligation imposed by or under a control order, and

(ii) with which there is reason to believe that the controlled person is or was recently connected.

(5) An application under this section may only be granted if the justice of the peace, the sheriff or the lay magistrate is satisfied that the issue of the warrant is necessary for the purposes of determining whether the controlled person is complying with the obligations imposed by or under the control order.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 7A-7C inserted (16.2.2009) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 78(1), 100(5) (with s. 101(2)); S.I. 2009/58, art. 2(f)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 1-9 continued (temp.) (11.3.2009) by Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/554), arts. 1, 2