{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-circuses-act-2019/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-circuses-act-2019/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/24",
  "legislation_title": "Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wild-animals-in-circuses-act-2019",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An inspector may enter premises used only as a dwelling if a justice of the peace has issued a warrant authorising the inspector to enter those premises.\n(2) A justice of the peace may only issue such a warrant if, on an application by an inspector, the justice is satisfied on sworn information in writing—\n(a) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—\n(i) that an offence under section 1 is being, has been or is about to be committed on the premises, or\n(ii) that evidence of the commission of an offence under section 1 may be found on the premises; and\n(b) that any of the conditions in sub-paragraph (3) is satisfied.\n(3) The conditions are—\n(a) that entry to the premises is unlikely to be granted unless a warrant is produced and that notice of intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier;\n(b) that an application for admission to the premises or the giving of notice of intention to apply for a warrant might defeat the object of entry;\n(c) that the premises are unoccupied;\n(d) that the occupier is temporarily absent and it might defeat the object of entry to wait for the occupier's return.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/24/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:03:41.288242+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."
}