# The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021, Paragraph 8: Power to enter premises without a warrant


(1) An officer of an enforcer may enter premises at any reasonable time.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not authorise the entry into premises used wholly or mainly as a dwelling.
(3) If an officer of an enforcer enters premises under sub-paragraph (1) and finds one or more occupiers on the premises, the officer must produce evidence of the officer’s identity and authority to that occupier or (if there is more than one) to at least one of them.
(4) An officer need not comply with sub-paragraph (3) if it is not reasonably practicable to do so.
(5) Proceedings resulting from the exercise of the power under sub-paragraph (1) are not invalid merely because of a failure to comply with sub-paragraph (3).
(6) An officer entering premises under sub-paragraph (1) may be accompanied by such persons, and may take onto the premises such equipment, as the officer thinks necessary.
(7) An enforcer may exercise the power in this paragraph for the purpose of ascertaining whether there has been any non-compliance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348224641/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-market-surveillance-northern-ireland-regulations-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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