{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/3",
  "legislation_title": "Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Enforcement and powers of entry",
  "text": "(1) Each district council must enforce the provisions of this Act in its district.\n(2) An authorised officer of a district council may, on producing the officer's authorisation (if required to do so), enter the premises of a food business establishment in its district at any reasonable hour for the purpose of—\n(a) ascertaining whether the duty under section 7 or 8 is being complied with, and\n(b) if there is evidence that the duty is not being complied with, enforcing the duty.\n(3) Where the premises of a food business establishment are also used as a private residence, an officer may not enter a part of the premises in reliance on subsection (2) unless the officer has given the occupier at least 24 hours' notice of the intention to enter.\n(4) An “authorised officer” of a district council is an officer authorised by the council in writing, either in general or specific terms, to act in matters arising under this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in operation at 7.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/328, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/3/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:06.273684+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."
}