SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Search warrants: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Part 3Execution of search warrants
Evidence of authority etc
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1
Where the occupier of premises to be entered and searched under a search warrant is present at the time when a police or customs officer seeks to execute the warrant, the following requirements must be satisfied—
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 police or customs officer;
c
the officer must produce the warrant to the occupier and 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 police or customs 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.