SCHEDULE 3 Powers of Entry and Inspection
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SCHEDULE 3 Powers of Entry and Inspection

Section 55

Issue of warrants

1

(1)     If a circuit judge [or a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts)] is satisfied by information on oath supplied by the Commissioner that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—

(a)     that a public authority has failed or is failing to comply with—

(i)     any of the requirements of Part I of this Act,

(ii)     so much of a decision notice as requires steps to be taken, or

(iii)     an information notice or an enforcement notice, or

(b)     that an offence under section 77 has been or is being committed,

and that evidence of such a failure to comply or of the commission of the offence is to be found on any premises specified in the information, he may, subject to paragraph 2, grant a warrant to the Commissioner.

(2)     A warrant issued under sub-paragraph (1) shall authorise the Commissioner or any of his officers or staff at any time within seven days of the date of the warrant—

(a)     to enter and search the premises,

(b)     to inspect and seize any documents or other material found there which may be such evidence as is mentioned in

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