TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 27V Notice to adjoining occupiers of execution of covert search warrant

TERRORISM (POLICE POWERS) ACT 2002 - SECT 27V

27V Notice to adjoining occupiers of execution of covert search warrant

(1) A person who executes a covert search warrant is to cause an occupier's notice to be prepared under this section if the execution of the warrant involved entering under section 27O (1) (d) premises (the
"adjoining premises" ) adjoining or providing access to the subject premises.

(2) The occupier's notice--

(a) is to specify or state the matters set out in section 27U (2) (a)-(e), and

(b) is to specify or contain any other matters required by the regulations.

(3) The occupier's notice is to be provided to the eligible Judge who issued the warrant for that Judge's approval at the same time as the occupier's notice prepared under section 27U in relation to the execution of the warrant is provided under section 27U (3).

(4) As soon as practicable after the eligible Judge approves the occupier's notice under this section, the person who executed the warrant is to cause the notice to be given to a person of or above the age of 18 years known to have occupied the adjoining premises.

(5) The provisions of section 27U apply in relation to an occupier's notice prepared under this section as follows--

(a) section 27U (4) and (6)-(9) apply as if a reference in those provisions to an occupier's notice were a reference to an occupier's notice prepared under this section,

(b) section 27U (6) applies as if a reference in that provision to a person referred to in section 27U (5) were a reference to an occupier referred to in subsection (4).