# Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008, Section 26: Entry to dwellinghouses


(1) Where an investigator proposes, in the exercise of a power conferred by section 22, to enter a dwellinghouse, the conditions set out in subsections (2) and (3) must be satisfied.
(2) The first condition is that the investigator has given 48 hours' notice of the proposed entry to a person who appears to be the occupier of the dwellinghouse.
(3) The second condition is that—
(a) the person who appears to be the occupier of the dwellinghouse has consented; or
(b) entry is effected under the authority of a warrant issued in accordance with section 27.
(4) In this Part, “dwellinghouse” means any premises or part of premises which are wholly or mainly occupied as a person's dwelling.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/5/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008/section-26
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