# The Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1998, Regulation 12: Sampling and other checks and examinations


(1) An inspector shall have power to carry out all checks and examinations necessary for the enforcement of these Regulations.
(2) An inspector may—
(a) take samples (and, if necessary, send the samples for laboratory testing) from any product or material;
(b) examine any record (including any record held in electronic form) which he believes to be relevant to any checks and examinations under these Regulations;
(c) seize, detain and require the production of any such record which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under any of the provisions of these Regulations;
(d) take with him such other person as he considers necessary to carry out any checks and examinations under these Regulations;
(e) require any person who is or appears to be in control of any goods of a kind described in regulation 3(1) or (3) above, or any relevant goods, controlled bovine by-products or other products or material of a kind described in regulation 4 above, to arrange , at his own expense, for those goods or products to be removed from any store, vehicle, vessel, container, packing or wrapping;
(f) carry out inspections of any process specified in Annex I to the Council Decision and anything used for the marking and identification of products and materials; and
(g) take with him a representative of the Commission of the European Communities acting for the purposes of the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1135/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovines-and-bovine-products-trade-regulations-1998/regulation-12
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