# The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011, Paragraph 1: Powers of entry

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) An authorised person may enter any premises (except any premises used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling) if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that any plant protection product is being, or has been, applied to or stored on or in them or transported on or applied by means of them and that it is necessary to enter for the purpose of ensuring that these Regulations are complied with.
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(2) An authorised person must exercise powers of entry at a reasonable hour unless it appears to the authorised person that there are grounds for suspecting that the exercise of the power of entry may be frustrated if he or she seeks to exercise them at a reasonable hour.
(3) An authorised person who enters any unoccupied premises must leave it as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as it was before his or her entry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2131/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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