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.