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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquaculture-and-fisheries-scotland-act-2007/section-9",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/12",
  "legislation_title": "Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquaculture-and-fisheries-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Powers of inspectors: entry",
  "text": "(1) An inspector may enter any fish farm or shellfish farm for the purposes of—\n(a) ascertaining whether any power conferred by or under this Part should be exercised,\n(b) doing anything in pursuance of the exercise of that power.\n(2) An inspector acting under subsection (1) must, if required, produce evidence of the inspector's authority.\n(3) Any power of entry conferred on an inspector by or under this Part must be exercised at a reasonable hour unless the inspector considers the case is one of urgency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 1.8.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/333, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/12/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:54.953668+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}