# Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Paragraph 2

Extent: N.I.

Where a justice of the peace, is satisfied by complaint in writing and on oath—
(a) that there is reasonable ground to believe that a package or a thing containing a package or that any such equipment, record, document or certificate as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 is on any premises or that an offence under Article 32 is being or is about to be committed on any premises; and
(b) either—
(i) that admission to the premises has been refused or that a refusal is apprehended and that notice of the intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier, or
(ii) that an application for admission or the giving of such a notice would defeat the object of the entry or that the premises are unoccupied or that the occupier is temporarily absent and it might defeat the object of the entry to await his return,
he may issue a warrant under his hand, which shall continue in force for a period of one month, authorising an inspector to enter the premises, if need be by force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/231/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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