Cat Management Act 2009
8Entry into premises
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8 Entry into premises
(1) An authorised person may apply to a magistrate or justice for a warrant to enter a residential premises to exercise any of his or her powers under this Act.
(2) A magistrate or a justice may issue a warrant authorising an authorised person, or any other person named in the warrant, to enter a residential premises and such a warrant may authorise that the residential premises be entered by force if –
(a) the residential premises is not occupied; or
(b) entry into the residential premises has been refused or is likely to be refused.
(3) The warrant may specify whether entry is authorised to be made at any time or only during certain hours.