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Section eighteen (which confers a power of entry on premises) shall have effect subject to the following modification and to any other necessary modifications consequential thereon, that is to say, that the purposes for which the power of entry may be exercised shall include the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Act enforceable by the local authority, of exercising any of the powers of the authority under this Act and of ascertaining whether there is or has been on, or in connection with, the premises any contravention of those provisions or whether any of the powers of the authority under this Act ought to be exercised:
Provided that—
(a)the said section eighteen shall not, except in relation to work under subsection (2) of section twelve of this Act, apply in relation to any premises being a private dwelling ; and
(b)except in the case of a factory within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1937, or of any other premises in which persons are employed otherwise than in domestic service, admission to any premises shall not be demanded as of right unless twenty-four hours' notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.
This paragraph shall apply in relation to vessels as it applies in relation to premises.
Section twenty-two shall have effect as if the reference to section five or section eight of that Act included a reference to section twelve of this Act.
Section one hundred and sixty-one (which imposes a penalty for obstructing the execution of works) shall have effect as if, in subsection (1), the words "Part II of" and paragraph (b) were omitted.
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