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8. The powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(powers to search and obtain evidence relating to dealings in controlled drugs) (1) shall be exercisable also for the purposes of the execution of Article 3 of the Community Regulation and subsection (3) of that section (excluding paragraph (a)) shall apply also to the offence under Regulation 7, taking references in those subsections to controlled drugs as references to scheduled substances.
1971 c. 38; section 23 has been amended by the 1990 Act, section 23(4), the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37), section 65 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), section 457 and Schedule 12 and has been modified by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47).
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