Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002
27SReport to eligible Judge on execution of warrant
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27S Report to eligible Judge on execution of warrant
27S Report to eligible Judge on execution of warrant
(1) A person who executes a covert search warrant must provide a report in writing to the eligible Judge who issued the warrant—
(a) stating the address or other description of the subject premises, and
(b) stating whether or not the warrant was executed, and
(c) if the warrant was executed—
(i) stating the date on which the warrant was executed, and
(ii) stating the name of any person who executed the warrant, and
(iii) stating the name of any police officer or intelligence gathering officer who assisted in the execution of the warrant and the nature of the assistance provided, and
(iv) stating the name of any person believed to be knowingly concerned in the commission of the terrorist act in respect of which the warrant was executed and, if no such person is an occupier of the premises, any occupier (if known) of the premises at which the warrant was executed, and
(v) stating the powers that were exercised under the warrant, and
(vi) setting out briefly the result of the execution of the warrant (including a brief description of anything seized, placed in substitution for a seized thing, copied, photographed, recorded, operated, printed or tested), and
(vii) if a thing was found in the course of executing the warrant and, under section 27O, that thing was (but was not of a kind expressly authorised by the warrant to be) copied, photographed, recorded, operated, printed or tested—specifying particulars of the grounds on which the thing was believed to be a relevant thing or connected with a serious indictable offence (as the case may be),
(viii) if a thing was tested or was seized for the purposes of testing—including a description of the thing and the type of information obtained (or proposed to be obtained) by testing, and
(ix) stating whether or not the execution of the warrant assisted in the prevention of, or response to, the terrorist act in respect of which the warrant was executed and, if so, how it assisted, and
(x) stating whether or not the execution of the warrant assisted in the prevention of, or response to, any other terrorist act or any serious indictable offence and, if so, how it assisted, and