Commentary on Sections Part 6 – Noise Chapter 1: Audible Intruder Alarms Section 56 – Powers of entry
This section (subsections (3) and (4)) provides an authorised officer of a district council with a power of entry (but not by force) in order to silence an intruder alarm in or on premises in the council’s district where the officer is satisfied that the conditions described in subsection (2) are met.