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

[28A  Power to enter domestic 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 domestic premises documents—

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

(ii)     which have not been produced as required; or

(b)     there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that—

(i)     there are on [or accessible from] any domestic 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.

(2)     A warrant under this section shall authorise a named officer of the [CMA], and any other of its officers whom the [CMA] has authorised in writing to accompany the named officer—

(a)     to enter the premises specified in the warrant, using such force as is reasonably

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