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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 168

Power of inspection.

168.(1) A person authorised by the Ministry may, on production if required of
his credentials, at any reasonable time enter any premises in which a child is
maintained under this Act and

(a)inspect the premises; and

(b)make such examination into the state and management thereof and the
condition and treatment of children therein as he thinks requisite.

(2) If any person wilfully obstructs a person authorised as mentioned in
subsection (1) in the execution of his duties under this section he shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #50.

(3) A refusal to allow a person authorised as mentioned in subsection (1) to
enter the premises shall, for the purposes of section 32, be deemed to be a
reasonable cause to suspect that a child or young person in the premises is
being neglected in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or
injury to health.]

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