Enforcement

17Power of entry

(1)

An authorised officer of a food authority may, on production of the officer's written authority if demanded, enter at all reasonable hours a food business establishment for the purpose of—

(a)

producing a food hygiene rating;

(b)

carrying out a re-rating;

(c)

determining an appeal under section 5; or

(d)

enforcing any of the requirements in section 7.

(2)

But in the case of entry into any part of an establishment used only as a private dwelling 24 hours' notice of the intended entry must be given to the operator.