This Schedule sets out further provision in relation to:
applications for warrants under Section 98 or 102, and
warrants issued under Section 98 or 102.
	Paragraph 2 of Part 2 of the Schedule makes provision in relation to applications for warrants. It sets out that:
where an enforcement officer applies for a warrant, the officer must:
state the ground on which the application is made,
state the provision of this Act under which the warrant will be issued,
specify the premises which it is desired to enter, and
identify, so far as is practicable, the purpose for which entry is desired;
an application for a warrant must be made without notice and must be supported by an information in writing or, in Scotland, evidence on oath; and
the officer must answer on oath any question that the justice hearing the application asks the officer.
	Paragraphs 3 to 5 of Part 2 of the Schedule contain safeguards in connection with the power of entry conferred by a warrant.
	Paragraph 3 sets out that a warrant authorises an entry to the premises on one occasion only.
	Paragraph 4 provides that a warrant must specify:
the name of the person who applies for it,
the date on which it is issued,
the provision of this Act under which it is issued, and
the premises to be entered.
	Paragraph 4(2) provides that a warrant must identify, so far as is practicable, the purpose for which entry is desired.
	Paragraph 5 provides that two copies are to be made of a warrant:
in the case of a warrant issued in electronic form, the copies must be clearly marked as copies;
in the case of a warrant issued otherwise than in electronic form, the copies must be clearly certified as copies.
	Part 3 of the Schedule makes provision relating to the execution of warrants. Section 131(6) makes it clear that entry of premises under a warrant issued under Section 98 or 102 is unlawful unless it complies with the provisions of this Part of Schedule 8.
	Paragraph 6 states that a warrant must be executed within three months of the date it is issued.
	Paragraph 7 provides that the execution of a warrant must be at a reasonable time, unless it appears to the officer executing it that there are grounds for suspecting that the purpose of entering the premises may be frustrated if the officer seeks to enter at a reasonable time.
	Paragraph 8 deals with enforcement officers showing evidence of authority and giving copies of warrants.
	Subparagraph (1) provides that where the occupier of premises to be entered under a warrant is present at the time when an enforcement officer seeks to execute the warrant, the following requirements must be satisfied:
the officer must produce to the occupier documentary evidence of the fact that the officer is an enforcement officer;
if the officer is asked for it, the occupier must be told the officer’s name;
the officer must produce the warrant to the occupier;
the officer must supply the occupier with a copy of the warrant that is marked or certified as a copy in accordance with paragraph 5.
	Subparagraph (2) provides that where the occupier of premises to be entered under a warrant is not present when an enforcement officer seeks to execute it, but some other person who appears to the officer to be in charge of the premises is present, subparagraph (1) has effect as if any reference to the occupier were a reference to that other person.
	Subparagraph (3) provides that if there is no person present who appears to the enforcement officer to be in charge of the premises, the officer must leave a copy of the warrant, marked or certified as a copy in accordance with paragraph 5, in a prominent place on the premises.
	Paragraph 9 deals with securing premises after entry. It provides that an enforcement officer who enters premises under a warrant must take reasonable steps to ensure that when the officer leaves the premises they are as secure as they were before the officer entered.
	Paragraph 10 deals with the return and retention of warrants.
	Subparagraph (1) sets out that a warrant which (a) has been executed, or (b) has not been executed within the time authorised for its execution, must be returned to the appropriate person.
	Subparagraph (2) sets out who the appropriate person is for the purposes of subparagraph (1).
	Subparagraph (3) sets out that a warrant that is returned under this paragraph must be retained by the person to whom it is returned for a period of 12 months.
	Subparagraph (4) sets out that if during that period the occupier of the premises to which the warrant relates asks to inspect it, the occupier must be allowed to do so.
Part 5: Enforcement of Labour Market Legislation Safeguards etc Schedule 8 – Warrants under Part 5