Regulation 5 Powers of authorised officers

United Kingdom

(1)

An authorised officer may, at all reasonable hours and on producing some duly authenticated document showing his authority, exercise the powers specified in this regulation for the purposes of ascertaining whether—

(a)

a relevant person has acted, or is acting, in accordance with the Community legislation; or

(b)

a relevant offence has been, or is being, committed.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation, an authorised officer may enter upon a holding or any other premises of a relevant person.

(3)

An authorised officer who has entered upon a holding or any other premises of a relevant person by virtue of this regulation may—

(a)

inspect any—

(i)

land, other than land used only as a dwelling;

(ii)

apparatus; or

(iii)

record or document, including any document kept by means of a computer, which relates to the allocation or transfer of quota or the trade in, or production of milk or milk products,

and

(b)

seize and retain any such apparatus or record or document which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in any relevant proceedings.

(4)

A relevant person shall render all reasonable assistance to the authorised officer in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1) above and in particular shall produce any such record or document and supply such additional information relating to the allocation to him of quota, the transfer to or from him of quota and the trade in, or production of, milk or milk products, as the authorised officer may reasonably require.

(5)

In the case of a record or document kept by means of a computer, a relevant person shall, if so required, provide any such record or document in a form in which it may be taken away.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked (S.) (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), reg. 1(1), sch. Pt. 2
F2: Regulations revoked (E.W.) (31.3.2019) by The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/908), regs. 1(2), 3(a)