{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fish-health-regulations-1992/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fish-health-regulations-1992/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3300",
  "legislation_title": "The Fish Health Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fish-health-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Powers of veterinary inspector",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 9 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1992 and regulation 7 of the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992 a veterinary inspector shall have the powers set out in this regulation.\n(2) A veterinary inspector shall, on producing, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter any land or premises for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been on the premises any contravention of these Regulations.\n(3) A veterinary inspector shall have powers to carry out all checks and examinations necessary for the enforcement of these Regulations, and in particular may—\n(a) carry out inspections of any premises;\n(b) take samples of or from aquaculture animals or aquaculture products;\n(c) examine relevant documentary or data processing material.\n(4) A veterinary inspector shall have powers to make such inspections and take such samples as may be necessary to carry out the health inspections, sampling plans and diagnostic methods established by Directive 91/67/EEC.\n(5) A veterinary inspector entering any premises under these Regulations may take with him such persons, equipment and vehicles as are necessary for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of his powers under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3295."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3298."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/886",
      "affecting_title": "The Fish Health (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3124",
      "affecting_title": "The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3300/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:07:46.085044+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."
}