Paragraph 3 Power to enter business premises without a warrant

An authorised officer may enter the business premises of a beneficiary to obtain information for the purpose of deciding under regulation 19 whether there has been a misuse of aid by the beneficiary if the CMA is satisfied that—

(a)

there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there has been a misuse of aid by the beneficiary;

(b)

entry to the business premises of the beneficiary is necessary for the CMA to decide under regulation 19 whether there has been a misuse of aid by the beneficiary;

(c)

the suspected misuse of aid is sufficiently serious to justify entering the business premises of the beneficiary; and

(d)

there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there are on the business premises documents—

(i)

the production of which has been requested under regulation 19(4)(b); and

(ii)

which have not been produced as requested.