# Animal Welfare Act 2006, Paragraph 9


If, in the exercise of a power of entry to which paragraph 7 applies, a person enters premises which are unoccupied, he shall leave them as effectively secured against entry as he found them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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