Paragraph 10 I1I2
This paragraph applies to—
a power of inspection conferred by section 26(1), 27(1), 28(1) or 29(1), and
a power of search conferred by a warrant under section 23(1).
A person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies may—
inspect an animal found on the premises;
inspect any other thing found on the premises, including a document or record (in whatever form it is held);
carry out a measurement or test (including a measurement or test of an animal found on the premises);
take a sample (including a sample from an animal found on the premises or from any substance on the premises which appears to be intended for use as food for such an animal);
mark an animal found on the premises for identification purposes;
remove a carcass found on the premises for the purpose of carrying out a post-mortem examination on it;
take copies of a document or record found on the premises (in whatever form it is held);
require information stored in an electronic form and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form;
take a photograph of anything on the premises;
seize and detain or remove anything which the person exercising the power reasonably believes to be evidence of any non-compliance, or of the commission of any offence, relevant to the purpose for which the inspection or search is made.
A person taken onto premises under paragraph 5 may exercise any power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) if he is in the company, and under the supervision, of a person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 27.3.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(g)
- I2
Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 6.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(i)