[28K Execution of warrants]
Immigration Act 1971 (1971 c 77) | Legislation

[28K  Execution of warrants]

[[(1)     A warrant may be executed by any immigration officer.

(2)     A warrant may authorise persons to accompany the officer executing it.

[2A)     A person so authorised has the same powers as the officer whom the person accompanies in respect of—

(a)     the execution of the warrant, and

(b)     the seizure or detention of anything to which the warrant relates.

(2B)     But the person may exercise those powers only in the company, and under the supervision, of an immigration officer.]

(3)     Entry and search under a warrant must be—

(a)     within [three months] from the date of its issue; and

(b)     at a reasonable hour, unless it appears to the officer executing it that the purpose of a search might be frustrated.

[(3A)     If the warrant is an all premises warrant, no premises which are not specified in it may be entered or searched unless an immigration officer of at least the rank of chief immigration officer has in writing authorised them to be entered.

(3B)     No premises may be entered or searched for the second or any subsequent time under a warrant which

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