186 Search of premises of offender released on licence for purposes connected with protection from risk of terrorism

186  Search of premises of offender released on licence for purposes connected with protection from risk of terrorism

After section 43C of the Terrorism Act 2000 insert—

“43D Search of premises of offender released on licence for purposes connected with protection from risk of terrorism

(1)     A justice may issue a warrant under this section if, on the application of a senior police officer of the relevant force, the justice is satisfied that the requirements in subsection (2) are met.

(2)     The requirements are—

(a)     that the person specified in the application is a relevant offender who has been released on licence (and not recalled),

(b)     that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person resides, or may regularly be found, at premises (whether residential or otherwise) specified in the application,

(c)     that it is necessary, for purposes connected with protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism, for a constable to enter

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