28 [Power to enter business premises under a warrant]
Competition Act 1998 (1998 c 41) | Legislation

28  [Power to enter business premises under a warrant]

(1)     [On an application made to it by the CMA, the court or the Tribunal may issue a warrant if it is satisfied that—]

(a)     there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there are on [or accessible from] [any business premises] documents—

(i)     the production of which has been required under section 26 or 27; and

(ii)     which have not been produced as required;

(b)     there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that—

(i)     there are on [or accessible from] [any business premises] documents which the [CMA] has power under section 26 to require to be produced; and

(ii)     if the documents were required to be produced, they would not be produced but would be concealed, removed, tampered with or destroyed; or

(c)     an investigating officer has attempted to enter premises in the exercise of his powers under section 27 but has been unable to do so and that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there are on [or accessible from] the premises documents the production of which could

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