Schedule 6: Resource efficiency information Part 2: Enforcement Powers of entry etc
Paragraph 11 sets out that regulations may confer on enforcement authorities powers of entry, inspection, examination, search and seizure. Regulations may make provision that such powers are only exercisable under the authority of a warrant, issued by a justice of the peace, sheriff, summary sheriff or lay magistrate. Regulations may also make provision about how applications for and the execution of warrants may be made. Regulations must provide that where powers are conferred to either enter premises by force, enter a private dwelling without the consent of the occupier; or search and seize material, the authority of a warrant must be obtained.