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<Text>A justice of the peace may issue a warrant authorising a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State to enter and search premises if the justice of the peace is satisfied, on information on oath, that either condition A or condition B is satisfied in relation to those premises.</Text>
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<Text>Condition A is that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act is being, has been or is about to be committed on the premises.</Text>
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<Text>Condition B is that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act is to be found on the premises.</Text>
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<Text>An application for a warrant under this section—</Text>
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<Text>may be made by any person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>must specify the premises in respect of which the application is made.</Text>
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<Text>A warrant issued under this section may authorise entry on one occasion only.</Text>
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<Text>A warrant issued under this section—</Text>
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<Text>continues in force for the period of one month beginning with the date on which it was issued, and</Text>
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<Text>may be executed by any person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State.</Text>
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<Text>In the application of subsection <InternalLink id="i00096" Ref="section-21-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/11/section/21/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/11/section/21/1/enacted">(1)</InternalLink> to Scotland—</Text>
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<Text>the references to a justice of the peace are to be read as including references to the sheriff, and</Text>
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<Text>the reference to information on oath is to be read as a reference to evidence on oath.</Text>
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