Section 131 | Warrants

(1)A warrant under section 98 or 102 may be executed by any enforcement officer.

(2)A warrant under section 98 or 102 may authorise persons to accompany any enforcement officer who is executing it.

(3)A person authorised under subsection (2) to accompany an enforcement officer may exercise any power conferred by this Part which the officer may exercise as a result of the warrant.

(4)But the person may exercise such a power only in the company of, and under the supervision of, an enforcement officer.

(5)Schedule 8 contains further provision about—

(a)applications for warrants under section 98 or 102, and

(b)warrants issued under section 98 or 102.

(6)The entry of premises under a warrant issued under section 98 or 102 is unlawful unless it complies with the provisions of Part 3 of that Schedule (execution of warrants).