# Animal Welfare Act 2006, Paragraph 10


(1) This paragraph applies to—
(a) a power of inspection conferred by section 26(1), 27(1), 28(1) or 29(1), and
(b) a power of search conferred by a warrant under section 23(1).
(2) A person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies may—
(a) inspect an animal found on the premises;
(b) inspect any other thing found on the premises, including a document or record (in whatever form it is held);
(c) carry out a measurement or test (including a measurement or test of an animal found on the premises);
(d) 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);
(e) mark an animal found on the premises for identification purposes;
(f) remove a carcass found on the premises for the purpose of carrying out a post-mortem examination on it;
(g) take copies of a document or record found on the premises (in whatever form it is held);
(h) 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;
(i) take a photograph of anything on the premises;
(j) 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.
(3) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/schedule/2/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-10
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