Commentary on Sections Enforcement Section 194: Inspection: warrant
430.This section provides that an inspector may apply for a warrant entitling the inspector or a constable to enter premises from which any part of a recognised inter-bank payment system is operated. The application for a warrant is to be made to a justice of the peace (or in Scotland, to a justice of the peace or a sheriff; in Northern Ireland, to a lay magistrate), who can issue the warrant only if one or more of the conditions set out in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) are fulfilled:
	Condition 1: The Bank of England has issued a notice under Information section 204 and the requirement has not been complied with, and it is reasonable to believe that relevant documents or information are on the premises.
	Condition 2: An information requirement has been imposed under section 204, there is reason to suspect that it would not be complied with or that the documents or information would be destroyed or tampered with.
	Condition 3: An inspector appointed under section 193 gave reasonable notice of a wish to enter the premises and was refused entry to those premises.
	Condition 4: A person occupying or managing the premises has failed to co-operate with an inspector.
431.Subsection (6) sets out that a warrant issued in accordance with this section will permit the inspector or constable to enter the premises, to search and take possession of relevant documents or information, take copies and permit a constable to use reasonable force.
432.Subsection (7) applies to warrants issued in accordance with this section, sections 15(5) to (8) and 16 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 which provide that a warrant may authorise persons to accompany the constable executing it and permit that person to have the same powers as the constable in relation to the warrant. Subsections (8) and (9) make similar provision about the application to warrants issued in accordance with this section in Scotland and Northern Ireland.