Food Production (Safety) Act 1998 No 128
Repealed version for 23 February 2004 to 4 April 2004 (accessed 26 May 2013 at 05:28)
25 Search warrants
(1) An authorised officer may apply to an authorised justice for a
search warrant if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing
that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being
contravened on premises.
(2) An authorised justice to whom an application is made under this
section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so,
issue a search warrant authorising the authorised officer named in the
warrant, when accompanied by a police officer:(a) to enter the premises concerned, and
(b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act
or the regulations.
(3) Part 3 of the Search Warrants
Act 1985 applies to a search warrant issued under this
section.
(4) In this section, authorised
justice and premises have the same
meanings as in the Search Warrants Act
1985.