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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-19",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2017/2",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health (Wales) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Powers of entry",
  "text": "(1) An authorised officer may enter premises in Wales at any reasonable time if the officer—\n(a) has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under section 5, 6 or 17 has been committed at the premises, and\n(b) considers it necessary to enter the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether such an offence has been committed.\n(2) But this does not apply in relation to premises used wholly or mainly as a dwelling.\n(3) An authorised officer may not enter premises by force under this section.\n(4) An authorised officer must, if asked to do so, before entering premises under this section show evidence of the authorisation referred to in section 18(5).\n(5) This section applies to a vehicle as if it were premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 1.3.2021 by S.I. 2021/202, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:32:28.037353+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."
}