# Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013, Section 17: Power of entry


(1) An authorised officer of a food authority may, on production of the officer's written authority if demanded, enter at all reasonable hours a food business establishment for the purpose of—
(a) producing a food hygiene rating;
(b) carrying out a re-rating;
(c) determining an appeal under section 5; or
(d) enforcing any of the requirements in section 7.
(2) But in the case of entry into any part of an establishment used only as a private dwelling 24 hours' notice of the intended entry must be given to the operator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2013/2/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-wales-act-2013/section-17
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