55.This section places further restrictions on the powers of enforcement officers when the place they wish to enter is a house or can only be entered through a house.
56.Under subsection (1) an enforcement officer can only enter such a place if permitted to do so by someone residing there or if granted a warrant by a sheriff.
57.the occupier gives permission for entry (but not where a warrant has been granted), an enforcement officer may only enter a house at a reasonable time and if accompanied by a police constable.
58.Subsections (3) and (4) set out the conditions of which a sheriff must be satisfied before issuing a warrant to enter a house. They are that the enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for taking the proposed enforcement action and—
	that the officer has been refused entry or has been prevented from taking other enforcement action in relation to the house or place,
	that such refusal or prevention is reasonably expected,
	that the house is unoccupied and the officer has taken reasonable steps to notify any residents of the house of the proposed enforcement action,
	that the case is one of urgency, or
	that notifying the residents of the officer’s intentions would defeat the object of the proposed enforcement action.
59.A warrant granted under this section expires when it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was granted or, if earlier, on the day specified by the sheriff.
The Act Enforcement powers Section 25: Further restrictions on entering houses