74Power to enter places

74 Power to enter places

(1) For the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations, or investigating a possible contravention of this Act or the regulations, an authorised officer may—

(a) enter, without consent, any place that is a non-residential premises that the authorised officer reasonably believes is being used in connection with a regulated activity at—

(i) any reasonable hour in the daytime; or

(ii) any time that those premises are open for business;

(b) enter a public place at any time without the consent of the occupier of the public place;

(c) enter any other place (including residential premises) if—

(i) the occupier or apparent occupier of the place consents to the entry of the place; or

(ii) the authorised officer is authorised to do so under a search warrant.

(2) For the purpose of asking the occupier of a place that is a residential premises for consent to enter, the authorised officer may, without the occupier's consent or a warrant—

(a) enter land around residential premises at the place to an extent that is reasonable to contact the occupier; or

(b) enter part of the place the officer reasonably considers members of the public ordinarily are allowed to enter when they wish to contact the occupier.