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Version date: 1 April 2014 - onwards
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Schedule 13 Extension of powers to issue warrants under the 1998 Act to CAT

Section 41.

1 The 1998 Act is amended as follows.

2

(1) Section 28 (power to enter business premises under a warrant) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute "On an application made to it by the CMA, the court or the Tribunal may issue a warrant if it is satisfied that -".

(3) In subsection (3), for "the judge" substitute "the court or (as the case may be) the Tribunal".

(4) After subsection (7) insert -

"(7A) An application for a warrant under this section must be made -

(a) in the case of an application to the court, in accordance with rules of court;

(b) in the case of an application to the Tribunal, in accordance with Tribunal rules."

3

(1) Section 28A (power to enter domestic premises under a warrant) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words before paragraph (a) substitute "On an application made to it by the CMA, the court or the Tribunal may issue a warrant if it is satisfied that -".

(3) In subsection (3), for "the judge" substitute "the court or (as the case may be) the Tribunal".