Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
35. Power to enter premises, vessel or aircraft
Feedback & supportThe Director-General or an authorised officer may, with or without assistants, for the purposes of this Act, enter any premises, vessel or aircraft in order to make any survey, inspection or search or to execute any works authorised by this Act.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
Any Medical Officer of Health may —
Medical Officer of Health
“Medical Officer of Health” means any registered medical practitioner who is engaged in vector control or epidemiological duties;
medically examine any person on any premises, vessel or aircraft for the purpose of ascertaining whether that person is suffering from, or has recently suffered from, or is a carrier of, any vector‑borne disease, or whether that person has been recently exposed to infection by any such disease;
medically treat any person on the premises, vessel or aircraft who is suffering from any vector‑borne disease; or
cause a post-mortem examination to be made on any corpse found on the premises, vessel or aircraft for the purpose of ascertaining whether the cause of death has been due to any vector‑borne disease.
A person must not, except with the consent of the occupier thereof, enter any dwelling-house by virtue of the powers conferred by this section without at least 12 hours’ previous notice being given to the occupier thereof, if any.
The owner or occupier of any premises, vessel or aircraft (as the case may be) must supply any information that the Director‑General or any authorised officer may require or consider to be reasonably necessary for the purpose of this section.
premises
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose;