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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 12 April 2019 - onwards

56A Power to enter and search home address

(1) If on an application made by a senior police officer of the relevant force a justice is satisfied that the requirements in subsection (2) are met, the justice may issue a warrant authorising a constable of that force -

(a) to enter premises specified in the warrant for the purpose of assessing the risks posed by the person to whom the warrant relates; and

(b) to search the premises for that purpose.

(2) The requirements are -

(a) that the person to whom the warrant relates -

(i) is a person to whom the notification requirements apply, and

(ii) is not a person to whom subsection (3) applies,

(b) that the address of each set of premises specified in the application is an address falling within subsection (4),

(c) that it is necessary for a constable to enter and search the premises for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(a), and

(d) that on at least two occasions a constable has sought entry to the premises in order to search them for that purpose and has been unable to gain entry for that purpose.