Part 1Protection of adults at risk of harm
Protection orders and visits: supplementary
37Warrants for entry
(1)
A “warrant for entry” is a warrant which authorises—
(a)
a council officer to visit any specified place under section 7 or 16 together with a constable, and
(b)
a constable who so accompanies a council officer to do anything, using reasonable force where necessary, which the constable considers to be reasonably required in order to fulfil the object of the visit.
(2)
A warrant for entry—
(a)
expires 72 hours after it is granted, and
(b)
does not entitle any person to remain in a place which that person has entered in pursuance of the warrant after the warrant has expired.