Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

3The second set of access conditions is fulfilled if—

(a)there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is material which consists of or includes excluded material or special procedure material on premises specified in the application;

(b)but for section 9(2) above a search of the premises for that material could have been authorised by the issue of a warrant to a constable under an enactment other than this Schedule; and

(c)the issue of such a warrant would have been appropriate.