C1SCHEDULE 3Warrants issued under section 137

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Execution of warrants

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1

Where the occupier of a dwelling that is to be entered under a warrant is present at the time when a marine 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 a marine 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 a marine 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 marine enforcement officer to be in charge of the dwelling, the officer must leave a certified copy of the warrant in a prominent place there.