96.14 Information For Warrant To Enter Premises - Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 Section 13 (6)

What this form is for

• • Use this form when you need to enter premises to investigate suspected environmental offenses
• • Use this form when you need to collect evidence of environmental violations
• • Use this form when access to premises is refused or likely to be refused
• • Use this form when there's a risk of evidence being destroyed if a warrant isn't obtained
• • Use this form when standard inspection procedures are not possible

Use this form or another form?

Deadline or filing window

There is no specified deadline for submitting this form, but it should be submitted as soon as possible when there's reasonable grounds to believe an environmental offense is occurring or evidence is at risk of being destroyed.

Before you submit

• • All sections of the form are completed
• • Information about the premises is accurate and complete
• • Specific environmental concerns are clearly described
• • Supporting evidence is attached
• • Form is signed by authorized personnel
• • Correct court location is specified for submission

How to file this form

1. 1Gather information about the premises to be entered
2. 2Document the environmental concerns or suspected offenses
3. 3Complete all sections of the form accurately
4. 4Attach any supporting evidence or documentation
5. 5Submit the completed form to the appropriate court through the Courts Service
6. 6Attend any required court hearing to support the warrant application

Known limitations

• • This form only applies to premises within the jurisdiction of Irish courts
• • The warrant is specific to the environmental concerns outlined in the application
• • The warrant may be subject to time limitations
• • Entry is restricted to the scope specified in the warrant
• • The form doesn't provide emergency entry powers