[F118CInspections: further provisionS
(1)This section applies to the powers conferred by section 18A(1) (whether exercised by virtue of that section or under a warrant granted under section 18B).
(2)The power of entry may be exercised only at a reasonable time of day.
(3)An authorised person seeking to exercise a power must, on request, produce evidence of the person's identity and authorisation before exercising the power.
(4)An authorised person may take onto the premises such other persons, and such materials and equipment, as the authorised person considers necessary.
(5)If an authorised person enters the premises by virtue of a warrant, the authorised person must, if taking possession of anything under section 18A(1)(c), leave a statement on the premises giving particulars of what has been taken and by whom.
(6)On leaving any premises which an authorised person is authorised to enter under a warrant, the person must, if the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, leave the premises as effectively secured against entry as the authorised person found them.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 18A-18F inserted (1.4.2024) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 110(2), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch.