Part 8Regulation of provision of sunbeds

Enforcement

I1103Power to enter premises: entry to dwellinghouses

1

Where an authorised officer proposes, in the exercise of the power conferred by section 102(1), to enter a dwellinghouse, the condition set out in subsection (2) must be satisfied.

2

The condition is that the authorised officer has obtained a warrant from the sheriff in the month preceding the date of entry.

3

The sheriff may issue a warrant only if satisfied by evidence on oath that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that—

a

an offence mentioned in section 102(1) has been, or is being, committed; and

b

evidence of the commission of that offence may be found in the dwellinghouse.

4

In this section, “dwellinghouse” means any premises or part of premises which are wholly or mainly occupied as a person's dwelling.