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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002

77Abolition of common law search warrants

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77 Abolition of common law search warrants

(cf Search Warrants Act 1985, s 24)

Any common law power conferred on a justice of the peace or any other person to issue a warrant authorising a person to enter premises for the purpose of searching for stolen goods or any other thing continues to be abolished.

Previous section76BPublication of documents relating to search warrants

Next section78Ministerial arrangements for things seized in connection with extra-territorial offences

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