14. Power of entry---(1) Where any dog control officer has good cause
to suspect that an offence against this Act or against any bylaw made
under this Act is being committed on any land or premises, the dog
control officer, and all persons he or she calls to his or her
assistance, may enter at any reasonable time onto the land or
premises---
(a) To inspect any dog for the time being appearing to be kept on that
land or premises or to inspect the conditions in which any such
dog is kept; and
(b) If authorised under any other provision of this Act, to seize or
take custody of any dog on the land or premises.
(2) Where any dog control officer has good cause to suspect that an
offence against this Act or against any bylaw made under this Act has,
at any time in the preceding 6 months, been committed in respect of any
dog for the time being appearing to be kept on any land or premises, the
dog control officer, and all persons he or she calls to his or her
assistance, may enter at any reasonable time onto the land or
premises---
(a) To inspect any dog on the land or premises; and
(b) If authorised under any other provision of this Act, to seize or
take custody of any dog on the land or premises.
(3) Nothing in this section shall authorise any dog control officer to
enter any dwellinghouse unless---
(a) He or she is authorised in writing to do so by a Justice, who
shall not grant such an authority unless the Justice is
satisfied that the requirements of subsection (1) or subsection
(2) of this section have been met; and
(b) He or she is accompanied by a constable.