Newbud said:
In UK if they find you with drugs they have every right to search your home, has happened a few times when i was younger and always ended up in the crap.
Newie man. If youre that worried about giving them the right of entry. I can assure you youre fighting a losing battle. Below is an article that proves an Englishmans home, is no longer his castle.
There are 1,000 ways that state inspectors can gain entry to your home.
Why is it that town hall inspectors have an array of powers that allow them to enter your home?
Some of them take some believing.
Did you know inspectors can come into your property to see if illegal or unregulated hypnotism is taking place?
They can carry out inspections for the presence of rabbits.
And, under the Energy Information Household Refrigerators and Freezers Regulations 2004, they can check and seize fridges which do not have the correct energy rating.
The extraordinary list does not end there.
The powers that be can also inspect your property to see whether performing animals, such as dancing bears, are being trained or exhibited without a permit.
Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Gower Byron Davies has spoken of his "grave concern" that the Government is extending its powers.
The Government recently published a full list of the state powers of entry that are now in force.
There are a total of 1,043 state powers of entry, and some 430 new powers of entry which have been created by Labour.
A survey of state powers to enter people's homes by independent think tank the Centre for Policy Studies last year suggested there were just 266 powers of entry.
It warned that due to the "proliferation and variety of entry powers" householders cannot now "realistically be aware" of their rights and legal obligations.
In a speech last October, Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to curtail such laws with a new "liberty test".
He pledged that any change to entry powers would be accompanied by new guidance on their use and on the rights of members of the public to stop their abuse.
Mr Brown said in his speech: "There are a surprisingly high number at least 250 of provisions granting power to enter homes and premises without permission.
"This high number reflects how often they are drawn very narrowly not least because of our traditional respect for liberty and privacy.
"I share the concerns about the need for additional protections for the liberties and rights of the citizen.
"And I believe that one of the strongest guarantees is a clear understanding of what these rights are, and that is more difficult with the very existence of hundreds of laws.
"So, the Home Secretary is working with the Association of Chief Police Officers to examine, in the name of clarity and the greatest possible protection for the individual, the scope for bringing together all existing police powers of entry into a single understandable code.
"But, besides the police, many other public authorities covering areas like public health, animal welfare, health and safety, and customs and excise also have powers of entry.
"But it is not enough to clarify and subject these powers to the liberty test.
"Any change should be and will be accompanied by guidance on how these powers should be exercised and the rights members of the public have to take action if those expectations are not met.
"And we should consider whether we need to do more to offer redress for the individual against any disproportionate use of powers by the state."
But Mr Davies points out that Labour has put another 16 new laws before Parliament which extend the powers without any such guidance.
Mr Davies said: "Day by day under Labour the rights and liberties of law-abiding citizens across Gower are being eroded.
"Their plans for ID cards and 42 day detention are examples.
"There has been a huge surge in powers of entry under Labour, entrenching and extending the surveillance state.
"We need measures to tackle genuine crime and terrorism.
"But the abuse of surveillance powers by town halls in some parts of the country shows the real danger of 'function creep' by state bureaucrats."
He promised the Tories would take action to "cut back these unnecessary powers of the state to enter homes, starting with abolishing council tax inspectors' rights of entry and reining back the nosey parker state".
In many cases, discretion as to what is considered reasonable behaviour in exercising an entry power is left to the judgement of those wielding the entry power.
It seems we, the public, have to keep our fingers crossed that the powers that be do not abuse the situation.
So I reckon if they want you that bad man. You might as well say :welcome: 'cause yer royally screwed anyway! :evil:
