{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-25B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-25B.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1985/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/25B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25B",
  "heading": "Power of wildlife inspector to enter premises",
  "text": "(1) In this Article and Article 25C—\n“wildlife inspector” means a person authorised in writing under this Article by the Department;\n“relevant offence” means an offence under Article 7, 8, 9, 13, 14(2), 15 or 15A.\n(2) An authorisation under paragraph (1) is subject to any conditions or limitations specified in it.\n(3) A wildlife inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter and inspect any premises—\n(a) for the purpose of ascertaining whether a relevant offence is being or has been committed on the premises;\n(b) for the purpose of—\n(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 licence or registration under this Order, or\n(ii) ascertaining whether any condition to which a licence under this Order was subject has been complied with.\n(4) Nothing in paragraph (3)(a) confers power to enter a dwelling house.\n(5) A wildlife inspector must, if required to do so, produce evidence of his authority before entering any premises under this Article.\n(6) A wildlife inspector entering premises under this Article may take with him a veterinary surgeon if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that such a person will be needed for the exercise of powers under Article 25C.\n(7) Any person who, with intent to deceive, falsely pretends to be a wildlife inspector is guilty of an offence.\n(8) A person is guilty of an offence if he intentionally obstructs a wildlife inspector acting in the exercise of powers conferred by paragraph (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 25B, 25C inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 22, 40(1); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/171/article/25B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:57.714070+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."
}