WarrantS
26.—(1) If a sheriff, stipendiary magistrate or justice of the peace, on information in writing sworn on oath, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for entry into any premises by an authorised person under regulation 25 and—
(a)entry has been refused, or a refusal is reasonably expected, and the authorised person has given notice of his or her intention to apply for an entry warrant to the occupier; or
(b)a request for entry, or the giving of such a notice, would defeat the object of entry; or
(c)entry is urgently required; or
(d)the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent ,
the sheriff, stipendiary magistrate or justice may by signed warrant, valid for a period of one month, authorise the authorised person to enter the premises, if need be by reasonable force.
(2) An authorised person who enters, by virtue of this regulation, any unoccupied premises must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as they were before entry.