{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/272",
  "legislation_title": "The Organic Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Powers of entry",
  "text": "(1) An authorised officer may, on producing (if so required) a duly authenticated document showing the officer’s authority, at all reasonable hours enter any premises for the purposes of enforcing the specified EU provisions or these Regulations.\n(2) The authorised offence may be accompanied by such other persons as the officer considers necessary.\n(3) If a lay magistrate is satisfied on a complaint on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing—\n(a) that an offence under these Regulations is being, or has been committed on any premises, and\n(b) that any of the conditions in paragraph (4) is met in relation to the premises,\nthe lay magistrate may by signed warrant authorise an authorised person to enter the premises, if necessary by force.\n(4) The conditions referred to are—\n(a) that entry to the premises has been, or is likely to be, refused and notice of the intention to apply for a warrant under this regulation has been given to the occupier;\n(b) that the case is one of urgency and the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent;\n(c) that an application for admission to the premises or the giving of notice of the intention to apply for a warrant would defeat the object of entry.\n(5) A warrant under this regulation is valid for one month.\n(6) An authorised officer who enters any premises that are unoccupied or from which the occupier is temporarily absent must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as they were before entry.\n(7) It is an offence for a person who has entered premises under or by virtue of these Regulations to disclose any information obtained on the premises with regard to any trade secrets, unless the disclosure is made in the performance of the person’s duty.\n(8) In this regulation, “premises” includes any vehicle stall or movable structure but does not include any premises, or part of any premises, used only as a dwelling.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/272/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:41:45.607814+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."
}