This section provides a power for inspectors to enter and check compliance with regulations under section 11 which implement a Community obligation to secure welfare of animals. This power mirrors a power contained in the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 as amended. It does not extend to any part of a premises used as a private dwelling (subsection (3)).
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