[161 Powers of entry and inspection]
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (2014 anaw 4) | Legislation

[Enforcement]

[161  Powers of entry and inspection]

[(1)     A person falling within subsection (2) may authorise an inspector to enter and inspect premises falling within subsection (3).

(2)     The following persons fall within this subsection—

(a)     the Welsh Ministers—

(i)     where they consider it necessary or expedient for the purposes of a review conducted under section 149B(1), or

(ii)     in pursuance of a direction under section 155;

(b)     a person specified in a direction under section 153 or, where the direction specifies a class of persons, the person with whom the local authority enters into the contract or other arrangement required by the direction;

(c)     a person specified in a direction under section 154;

(d)     a person nominated in a direction under section 155.

(3)     The following premises fall within this subsection—

(a)     premises owned or controlled by a local authority;

(b)     premises—

(i)     which are used, or proposed to be used, by any person in connection with the exercise of a local authority social services function, or

(ii)     which the Welsh Ministers reasonably believe is being used, or may be used, for that purpose,

but premises used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling

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