Part 1Smoking: prohibition and control
7Powers to enter and require identification
(1)
An authorised officer of the appropriate council may enter and search any no-smoking premises in order to ascertain whether an offence under section 1, 2 or 3 has been or is being committed there.
(2)
A power under this section may be exercised, if need be, by force.
(3)
A person who—
(a)
an authorised officer of a council reasonably believes—
(i)
is committing or has committed an offence under section 1, 2 or 3; or
(ii)
has information relating to such an offence; and
(b)
fails without reasonable excuse to supply the officer with the person's name and address on being so required by the officer,
commits an offence.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(5)
In this section—
“authorised” means authorised for the purposes of this section by the appropriate council;
“the appropriate council” means, in relation to no-smoking premises, the council of the area in which those premises are.