{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-potatoes-scotland-order-2006/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-potatoes-scotland-order-2006/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Potatoes) (Scotland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-potatoes-scotland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Entry to dwellinghouses",
  "text": "(1) The power to enter premises conferred by articles 4(1), 4A(1), 5(1) and 8(1) may be exercised by an inspector to enter premises used wholly or mainly as a dwelling only if the inspector has been granted a warrant by a sheriff or a justice of the peace.\n(2) A sheriff or a justice of the peace may grant a warrant under paragraph (1) only if satisfied–\n(a) that admission to any premises has been refused, or is likely to be refused, or that the case is one of urgency , or that a request for admission might prejudice the purpose of the entry; and\n(b) that there are reasonable grounds to allow entry for the purpose of articles 4(1), 4A(1), 5(1) or 8(1) as the case may be.\n(3) A warrant granted under paragraph (1) shall remain in force–\n(a) for one month; or\n(b) until the purpose for which the warrant is granted has been fulfilled,\nwhichever period is the shorter.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 9(1) substituted (29.3.2010) by The Plant Health (Potatoes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/99), arts. 1, 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(a) inserted (29.3.2010) by The Plant Health (Potatoes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/99), arts. 1, 8(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(b) substituted (29.3.2010) by The Plant Health (Potatoes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/99), arts. 1, 8(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 9 heading substituted (29.3.2010) by The Plant Health (Potatoes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/99), arts. 1, 8(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 9 in force at 1.7.2006, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/319/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:19:07.273818+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."
}