CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 21
Warrants
CHEMICAL USAGE (AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY) CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 21
Warrants
21 Warrants
(1) Before an inspector enters a part of any premises or other place which
part is used exclusively as a dwelling house the inspector shall, save where
the inspector has the permission of the occupier of that part to this entry,
obtain from a Stipendiary Magistrate a warrant to enter.
(2) A Stipendiary
Magistrate who is satisfied upon the complaint of an inspector that there is
reasonable cause to suspect—
(a) that in any premises or other place an
offence against this Act has been, is being or is likely to be committed; or
(b) that there is in any premises or other place any thing in respect of which
an offence against this Act has been, is being or is likely to be committed;
or
(c) that there is in any premises or other place anything that will afford
evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act;
may issue his or
her warrant directed to an inspector to enter the premises or other place
named in the warrant for the purpose of exercising therein the powers and
authorities conferred upon an inspector by or under this Act.
(3) A warrant
shall be, for the period of 1 month from the date of its issue, sufficient
authority for the inspector and all persons acting in aid of the inspector—
(a) to enter the premises or other place specified in the warrant; and
(b) to
exercise therein the powers and authorities conferred upon an inspector by or
under this Act.
(4) For the purposes of this section, premises that are used
as a dwelling house do not include the curtilage of those premises.
