Schedules
Schedule 17Warrants issued under section 249
9Execution of warrants
1
Where the occupier of a dwelling that is to be entered under a warrant is present at the time when an enforcement officer seeks to execute the warrant, the following requirements must be satisfied—
a
the occupier must be told the officer’s name;
b
the officer must produce to the occupier documentary evidence of the fact that the officer is an enforcement officer;
c
the officer must produce the warrant to the occupier;
d
the officer must supply the occupier with a certified copy of it.
2
Where—
a
the occupier of a dwelling that is to be entered under a warrant is not present when an enforcement officer seeks to execute it, but
b
some other person who appears to the officer to be in charge of the dwelling is present,
sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if any reference to the occupier were a reference to that other person.
3
If there is no person present who appears to the enforcement officer to be in charge of the dwelling, the officer must leave a certified copy of the warrant in a prominent place in the dwelling.