{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1997/2778",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a justice of the peace on complaint on oath—\n(a) that there are reasonable grounds for the exercise in relation to any premises of a relevant power; and\n(b) that one or more of the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2) is fulfilled in relation to those premises,\nthe justice may by warrant authorise an authorised person to exercise the power in relation to those premises, in accordance with the warrant and, if need be, by force.\n(2) The conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are—\n(a) that the exercise of the power in relation to the premises has been refused;\n(b) that such a refusal is reasonably apprehended;\n(c) that the premises are unoccupied;\n(d) that the occupier is temporarily absent from the premises and the case is one of urgency; or\n(e) that an application for admission to the premises would defeat the object of the proposed entry.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Every warrant under this Schedule shall continue in force until the purposes for which the warrant was issued have been fulfilled.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2(3) repealed (17.10.2011) by Waste and Contaminated Land (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 5), ss. 11(2), 12(1), Sch. 2; S.R. 2011/312, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 paras. 2-5 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2025) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1332), regs. 1(2), 113, Sch. 12 para. 2 (with reg. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 paras. 2-5 applied (with modifications) (24.1.2025 for specified purposes) by The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/67), regs. 1(3), 84(6) (with reg. 2(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/2778/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:15.100824+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."
}