Part III Licensing of Credit and Hire Businesses
Miscellaneous
36DF1Entry to premises under warrant
1
A justice of the peace may issue a warrant under this section if satisfied on information on oath given on behalf of the OFT that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the following conditions are satisfied.
2
Those conditions are—
a
that there is on the premises specified in the warrant information or documents in relation to which a requirement could be imposed under section 36B; and
b
that if such a requirement were to be imposed in relation to the information or documents—
i
it would not be complied with; or
ii
the information or documents would be tampered with.
3
A warrant under this section shall authorise an officer of an enforcement authority—
a
to enter the premises specified in the warrant;
b
to search the premises and to seize and detain any information or documents appearing to be information or documents specified in the warrant or information or documents of a description so specified;
c
to take any other steps which may appear to be reasonably necessary for preserving such information or documents or preventing interference with them; and
d
to use such force as may be reasonably necessary.
4
An officer entering premises by virtue of this section may take such persons and equipment with him as he thinks necessary.
5
In the application of this section to Scotland—
a
the reference to a justice of the peace includes a reference to a sheriff;
b
for ‘information on oath’ there is substituted ‘evidence on oath’.
6
In the application of this section to Northern Ireland the reference to a justice of the peace shall be construed as a reference to a lay magistrate.