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19.—(1) Where a justice is satisfied on information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under these Regulations is being, has been or is about to be committed by an operator or high value dealer on any premises or that evidence of the commission of such an offence is to be found there, he may issue a warrant in writing authorising any officer to enter those premises, if necessary by force, at any time within one month from the time of the issue of the warrant and search them.
(2) A person who enters the premises under the authority of the warrant may—
(a)take with him such other persons as appear to him to be necessary;
(b)seize and remove any documents or other things whatsoever found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence for the purpose of proceedings in respect of an offence under these Regulations; and
(c)search or cause to be searched any person found on the premises whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be in possession of any such documents or other things; but no woman or girl may be searched except by a woman.
(3) The powers conferred by a warrant under this regulation may not be exercised—
(a)outside such times of day as may be specified in the warrant; or
(b)if the warrant so provides, otherwise than in the presence of a constable in uniform.
(4) An officer seeking to exercise the powers conferred by a warrant under this regulation or, if there is more than one such officer, that one of them who is in charge of the search must provide a copy of the warrant endorsed with his name as follows—
(a)if the occupier of the premises concerned is present at the time the search is to begin, the copy must be supplied to the occupier;
(b)if at that time the occupier is not present but a person who appears to the officer to be in charge of the premises is present, the copy must be supplied to that person;
(c)if neither sub-paragraph (a) nor (b) applies, the copy must be left in a prominent place on the premises.
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