Psychoactive Substances Act 2016

Evidence of authority etc U.K.

10 (1) Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search warrant is present at the time when a relevant enforcement officer seeks to execute the warrant, the following requirements must be satisfied— U.K.

(a) the occupier must be told the officer's name;

(b) if not a constable in uniform, the officer must produce to the occupier documentary evidence that the officer is a relevant enforcement officer;

(c) the officer must produce the warrant to the occupier;

(d) the officer must supply the occupier with a copy of it.

(2) Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search warrant is not present at the time when a relevant enforcement officer seeks to execute the warrant—

(a) if some other person who appears to the officer to be in charge of the premises is present, sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if a reference to the occupier were a reference to that other person;

(b) if not, the officer must leave a copy of the warrant in a prominent place on the premises.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 26.5.2016 by S.I. 2016/553, reg. 2