10. Section 58D of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):
“(8A) The Agency shall refuse to register an applicant where the applicant—
(a) refuses to allow an authorised person, in accordance with subsection (1A) of section 58J, to enter the premises in which the applicant proposes to provide the prescribed early years service, or
(b) obstructs or impedes an authorised person in the exercise of any of his or her powers under subsection (3A) of that section.”.
