SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3SEARCH WARRANTS: ENGLAND AND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
PART 3EXECUTION OF SEARCH WARRANTS
10Evidence of authority etc
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—
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.