{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-england-regulations-2011/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-england-regulations-2011/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/452",
  "legislation_title": "The Poultrymeat (England) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultrymeat-england-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Powers of entry",
  "text": "(1) An authorised officer may, on giving reasonable notice, enter premises (except premises used wholly or mainly as a private dwellinghouse) at any reasonable hour for the purpose of ensuring that the provisions of these Regulations are being complied with.\n(1A) The requirement to give notice does not apply—\n(a) where reasonable efforts to agree an appointment have failed;\n(b) where an authorised officer reasonably believes that giving notice would defeat the object of the entry;\n(c) where an officer has a reasonable suspicion of a breach of these Regulations; or\n(d) in an emergency.\n(2) The authorised officer may be accompanied by such other person as the authorised officer considers necessary.\n(3) An authorised officer must not exercise the powers under paragraph (1) or (2) except on the production, if so required, of a duly authenticated document showing the officer's authority.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) If a justice of the peace, on sworn information in writing, is satisfied of the matters mentioned in paragraph (6), the justice may sign a warrant permitting an authorised officer to enter any premises, if need be by reasonable force.\n(6) The matters are that—\n(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that Condition A or B is met; and\n(b) Condition C, D or E is met.\n(7) Condition A is that on the premises there are items of the type mentioned in regulation 12(1)(a) or documents or records of the type mentioned in regulation 12(1)(d) and that their inspection is likely to disclose evidence of a contravention of these Regulations.\n(8) Condition B is that a contravention of these Regulations has occurred, is occurring or is about to occur on those premises.\n(9) Condition C is that admission to the premises has been, or is likely to be, refused, and that the occupier has been informed (whether orally or in writing) that a warrant may be applied for.\n(10) Condition D is that admission to the premises has been, or is likely to be, refused, and informing the occupier that a warrant under this regulation may be applied for may defeat the object of the entry.\n(11) Condition E is that the premises are unoccupied or that the occupier is temporarily absent and it may defeat the object of the entry to await the occupier's return.\n(12) A warrant granted under paragraph (5)—\n(a) is valid for three months, beginning with the day on which it is granted; and\n(b) must be produced for inspection to the person (if there is one) who appears to the officer to be the occupier, or the person in charge of the premises.\n(13) An authorised officer who enters any premises that are unoccupied or where the occupier is temporarily absent must leave the premises as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as when the officer found them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 11(1) substituted (24.12.2012) by The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2897), arts. 1(1), 39(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1A) inserted (24.12.2012) by The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2897), arts. 1(1), 39(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 11(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 17(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 14(18)(g)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 11(4) omitted (24.12.2012) by virtue of The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2897), arts. 1(1), 39(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 11(12)(a) substituted (24.12.2012) by The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2897), arts. 1(1), 39(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/452/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:07.882533+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."
}