FOOD ACT 1989 - SECT 18 Search warrant

This legislation has been repealed.

FOOD ACT 1989 - SECT 18

18 Search warrant

(1) An inspector may apply to an authorised justice (within the meaning of the Search Warrants Act 1985 ) for a search warrant if admission to a place or vehicle referred to in section 15 has been refused or if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing:

(a) that admission to any such place or vehicle is likely to be refused, or

(b) that any such place or vehicle is unoccupied or the occupier or person in charge is temporarily absent.

(2) The authorised justice to whom the application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an inspector named in the warrant to enter the place or vehicle.

(3) An inspector who enters any place or vehicle by virtue of such a warrant may take with him or her such other persons as may be necessary, and on leaving any unoccupied place or vehicle so entered must, as far as practicable, leave it as effectively secured against trespassers as he or she found it.