{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/schedule-6/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/schedule-6/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a justice of the peace is satisfied by complaint on oath—\n(a) that admission to premises is reasonably required for the purpose specified in the complaint; and\n(b) that a person authorised by an electricity supplier or an electricity distributor would, apart from paragraph 10, be entitled for that purpose to exercise in respect of the premises a power of entry conferred by this Schedule; and\n(c) that—\n(i) in the case of a right of entry under paragraph 8 an application for admission, or the serving of a notice under paragraph 8(2) or (3), would defeat the object of the entry; or\n(ii) the premises are unoccupied,\nhe may issue a warrant under his hand authorising any authorised person to enter the premises.\n(2) A warrant granted under this paragraph shall continue in force until—\n(a) the time when the purpose for which the entry is required is satisfied; or\n(b) the end of the period of 28 days from the day on which the warrant is granted,\nwhichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 substituted (1.11.2007) by Electricity Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/321), regs. 1(2), 5(2), Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in Pt. IV)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/231/schedule/6/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:18.917801+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."
}