Valid from 20/06/2003
Powers of entry under 1998 ActF1U.K.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]
203 Powers of entryU.K.
(1)The 1998 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In section 28 (power to enter premises under a warrant), after subsection (3) there is inserted—
“(3A)A warrant under this section may authorise persons specified in the warrant to accompany the named officer who is executing it.”
(3)In section 62 (power to enter premises: Commission investigations), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)A warrant under this section may authorise persons specified in the warrant to accompany the named officer who is executing it.”
(4)In section 63 (power to enter premises: Director’s special investigations), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)A warrant under this section may authorise persons specified in the warrant to accompany the named authorised officer who is executing it.”