From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >H&SE union reps. have right of entry to any property that have their members >working there and can ask for police assistance in gaining entry and >carrying out the inspection. The RSPCA and NSPCC can also request this >assistance for their work. The RSPCA is a charity and has no powers WHATSOEVER. If it wants to have a property searched, then it tends to ask for police help. If the property owner refuses, then a Magistrates' warrant must be obtained by the police - and the police must produce reasonable grounds for suspicion. Reasonable suspicion, according to law, is more than mere suspicion, there must be concrete grounds for the suspicion. If anyone who is not a constable is to take part in the search then search then they must be named on the warrant or their presence would be a trespass. In my experience, the RSPCA as an institution, disregards the law in this respect (which is why I sued them and won). --Jonathan Spencer, firearms examiner "Justice is open to everybody in the same way as the Ritz Hotel." Judge Sturgess, 22 July 1928 Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
