(1)Where permission is given by the occupier (or another person with the authority to do so), an enforcement officer may, without warrant, enter any place and may search any place (and any vehicle, vessel, container or other thing at that place)—
(a)where the officer reasonably believes a Championship offence has been or is being committed, or
(b)which the officer reasonably believes has been or is being used in connection with a Championship offence.
(2)Subsection (1) does not authorise an enforcement officer to—
(a)search an individual, or
(b)access data stored electronically.
(3)An enforcement officer may take to a place entered by virtue of this section any other person, or any equipment, as may be necessary for the purposes of assisting the officer (and such a person is to act under the officer’s direction at all times).
(4)However, an enforcement officer must notify the Police Service of Scotland before requesting assistance from any other person.
(5)An enforcement officer who enters a place in pursuance of this section must take reasonable steps to leave the place at least as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as the officer found it.
(6)This section is subject to the restrictions imposed on an enforcement officer by sections 21, 22 and 24.