Section 47: Powers of entry, search and seizure: supplementary provision
Subsections (1) and (2) enable a relevant enforcement officer (or a person authorised to accompany them when executing a search warrant) to use reasonable force, if necessary, when exercising powers under sections 36 to 45, for example, to search a person or to enter premises to execute a search warrant (this mirrors section 117 of PACE).
	Subsection (3) 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 enactment or under common law.