Schedule 9: Wholesale cash distribution Part 1 – New Part 5A of the Banking Act 2009 Enforcement Section 206P: Inspection: warrant
This section provides that an inspector may apply for a warrant entitling the inspector or a constable to enter premises if there is performed on the premises any part of a relevant function in relation to a wholesale cash distribution activity. 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 has issued a notice under Information section 206Z3 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 206Z3, 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 206O 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.
	Subsection (6) sets out that a warrant issued in accordance with this section will permit an inspector or a constable to enter the premises, to search and take possession of information or documents, take copies, and permit a constable to use reasonable force.
	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.