A constable or enforcement officer may enter premises to which this section applies for a purpose specified in subsection (3).
This section applies to premises which a constable or enforcement officer reasonably believes to be used by a members' club, a commercial club or a miners' welfare institute.
The purposes mentioned in subsection (1) are—
to determine whether gaming is taking place on the premises or is about to take place on the premises,
to determine whether any gaming that is taking place or is about to take place on the premises is in accordance with—
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a club gaming permit, or
a club machine permit.
An authorised local authority officer may enter premises in respect of which an application has been made for a club gaming permit or a club machine permit for a purpose connected with the consideration of the application.