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Section 18B Group 1 offences and licences: power to enter premisesF1C1E1

England and Wales

(1)

A wildlife inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter and inspect any premises—

(a)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether a Group 1 offence is being or has been committed;

(b)

for the purpose of—

(i)

verifying any statement or representation made, or document or information supplied, by an occupier in connection with an application for, or the holding of, a Group 1 licence, or

(ii)

ascertaining whether any condition to which a Group 1 licence was subject has been complied with.

(2)

In this Part—

  • “Group 1 offence” means an offence under section 1, 5, 9(1), (2) or (4), 11, 13(1) or 14ZA, and

  • “Group 1 licence” means a licence authorising anything which would otherwise be a Group 1 offence.

(3)

Nothing in this section confers power to enter a dwelling.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 18A-18F inserted (E.W.) (31.5.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 52, 107, Sch. 5 para. 1; S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2

Modifications

C1

S. 18B applied (with modifications) (31.5.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 52, 107, Sch. 5 para. 7-11; S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2

Extent

E1

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only