Tuesday, April 24, 2007

A BRIT'S HOME IS NO LONGER A CASTLE: STATE HAS 266 WAYS TO BREAK IN



MARIE WOOLF, INDEPENDENT, UK - There are no fewer than 266 powers under
which state officials can enter an individual's home, according to the
centre-right thinktank, the Centre for Policy Studies. These range from
the right of Revenue and Customs officers to enter homes with a writ to
seize suspected smuggled goods to the power of entry available to
Environment Department officials under the Bees Act 1980.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2472155.ece

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