(1)Where a closure order has been made requiring premises to be closed, any authorised officer (on production, if so required, of a duly authenticated document of his authority) or police officer may at all reasonable times enter upon those premises and may do all things reasonably necessary for the purpose of securing that such requirement is met.
(2)Subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 287 of the [1936 c. 49.] Public Health Act 1936 shall apply in respect of entry to premises for the purposes of subsection (1) above as they apply to entry to premises for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section.
(3)Any person who intentionally obstructs any person acting in the exercise of his powers under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4)If any premises are opened or kept open in breach of a closure order then any person upon whom the closure notice was served under subsection (2) (a) (i) or (b) of section 3 (Closure notice) of this Act shall, unless he has reasonable excuse, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.