38(1)An application for a warrant must be made—
(a)during the period mentioned in section 27(3), or
(b)within 6 hours of the end of that period.
(2)The judicial authority hearing an application made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) must dismiss the application if it considers that it would have been reasonably practicable to make it during the period mentioned in section 27(3).
(3)For the purposes of this Schedule, an application for a warrant is made when written or oral notice of an intention to make the application is given to a judicial authority.