C1SCHEDULE 3Warrants issued under section 137
Execution of warrants
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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.
Sch. 3 excluded (31.12.2010) by The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2870), arts. 1, 10