(a)
under the hand of the Secretary of State
or in the case of a warrant by the Scottish
Minister (by virtue of provision made
under section 63 of the Scotland Act
1998), a member of the Scottish
Executive; or
(b)
in an urgent case where the Secretary of
State has expressly authorised its issue
and a statement of that fact is endorsed
on it, under the hand of a senior official;
or
(c)
in an urgent case where, the Scottish
Ministers have (by virtue of provision
made under section 63 of the Scotland
Act 1998) expressly authorised its issue
and a statement of that fact is endorsed
thereon, under the hand of a member of
the staff of the Scottish Administration
who is in the Senior Civil Service and is
designated by the Scottish Ministers as a
person under whose hand a warrant may
be issued in such a case.
(d)
in an urgent case where the Secretary of State
has expressly authorised the issue of warrants in
accordance with this paragraph by specified
senior officials and a statement of that fact is
endorsed on the warrant, under the hand of the
specified officials.
(1A)
But a warrant issued in accordance with
subsection (1) (d) may authorise the taking of an
action only if the action is an action in relation
to property which, immediately before the issue
of the warrant, would, if done outside the British
Islands, have been authorised by virtue of an
authorisation under section 7 that was in force
at that time.
(1B)
A senior official who issues a warrant in
accordance with subsection (1)(d) must inform
the Secretary of State about the issue of the
warrant as soon as practicable after issuing it.”
(2) A warrant shall, unless renewed under
subsection (3) below, cease to have effect—
(a)
if the warrant was under the hand of the
Secretary of State or, in the case of a