PART 7Workplace parking

Enforcement

I187Enforcement powers: further provision

1

This section applies to the powers conferred by section 85(1) (whether exercised by virtue of that section or under a warrant granted under section 86).

2

The power of entry may be exercised only at a reasonable time of day.

3

An authorised person seeking to exercise a power must, on request, produce evidence of the person's identity and authorisation before exercising the power.

4

An authorised person may take on to the premises such other persons, and such materials and equipment, as the authorised person considers necessary.

5

If an authorised person enters the premises by virtue of a warrant, the authorised person must, if taking possession of anything under section 85(1)(c), leave a statement on the premises giving particulars of what has been taken and by whom.

6

On leaving any premises which an authorised person is authorised to enter under a warrant, the person must, if the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, leave the premises as effectively secured against entry as the person found them.

7

A person commits an offence if the person—

a

without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement of an authorised person, or

b

intentionally obstructs an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by section 85(1).

8

A person who commits an offence under subsection (7) is liable—

a

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and

b

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.