Regulation 23 Powers of inspectorsI1

Scotland

(1)

An inspector shall, on producing a duly authenticated document showing that inspector’s authority, have a right at all reasonable hours, to enter any premises (excluding any premises not containing any horse and used only as a dwelling) for the purpose of administering and enforcing these Regulations; and in this regulation “premises” includes any vehicle or container.

(2)

An inspector so appointed may–

(a)

carry out any inquiries;

(b)

have access to, and inspect and copy any records (in whatever form they are held) kept under these Regulations;

(c)

remove such records to enable them to be copied;

(d)

have access to, inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records; and for this purpose may require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford that inspector with such assistance as may reasonably be required and, where a record is kept by means of a computer, may require the records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away;

(e)

mark any animal or other thing for identification purposes; and

(f)

be accompanied by–

(i)

such other persons as may be necessary; and

(ii)

any representative of the European Commission properly interested in the administration of these Regulations.

(3)

No person shall deface, obliterate or remove any mark applied under paragraph (2) except under the written authority of an inspector.

(4)

An inspector entering any unoccupied premises shall leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as that inspector found them.

(5)

In this regulation “inspector” means a person appointed as such by a local authority or the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of enforcement of these Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 23 in force at 16.5.2005, see reg. 1(1)