s 33 Execution of warrant not in possession of constable.
In section 125 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980— (a) in subsection (3), for the words “arrest a person charged with an offence” there shall be substituted the words “which this subsection applies”; (b) the following subsection shall be added after that subsection— (4) The warrants to which subsection (3) above applies are— (a) a warrant to arrest a person in connection with an offence; (b) without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, a warrant under section 186(3) of the Army Act 1955, section 186(3) of the Air Force Act 1955, section 105(3) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or Schedule 5 to the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (desertion etc. ); (c) a warrant under— (i) section 102 or 104 of the General Rate Act 1967 (insufficiency of distress); (ii) section 18(4) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (protection of parties to marriage and children of family); and (iii) section 55, 76, 93 or 97 above.