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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/45",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Welfare Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Inspection in connection with licences",
  "text": "(1) An inspector may carry out an inspection in order to check compliance with—\n(a) the conditions subject to which a licence is granted;\n(b) provision made by or under this Act which is relevant to the carrying on of an activity to which a licence relates.\n(2) An inspector may, for the purpose of carrying out an inspection under subsection (1), enter—\n(a) premises specified in a licence as premises on which the carrying on of an activity is authorised;\n(b) premises on which he reasonably believes an activity to which a licence relates is being carried on.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not authorise entry to any part of premises which is used as a private dwelling unless 24 hours' notice of the intended entry is given to the occupier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in force at 27.3.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 26 in force at 6.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(g)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:44.862642+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}