Powers of entry, search and seizure Section 26: Powers of entry, search and seizure: supplementary provision
Subsection (1) ensures that a police or customs officer exercising a power conferred under sections 14 to 17 must, if asked to do so by a person entitled to make such a request, give his name and, if not a constable in uniform, produce documentary evidence that they are authorized to exercise the power. A person entitled to make such a request is defined in subsection (2). Subsection (3) ensures that that the officer does not need to comply with subsection (1) if it is not reasonably practicable for the officer to do so.
	Subsections (4) and (5) enable a police or customs officer (or a person authorised to accompany them when executing a search warrant) to use reasonable force, if necessary, when exercising powers under Sections 14 to 24 (or under Sections 18 to 24 for authorised accompanying persons), for example, to search a person or to enter premises to execute a search warrant.
	Subsection (6) provides that the powers of entry, search and seizure conferred by the Act are without prejudice to the continued operation of any other powers conferred by or under any other enactment or under common law.