Regulation 9 Obligation to permit entry and inspection

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 9(1) word revoked by Moorland (Livestock Extensification) 1996 reg. 2(12)(a)
reg. 9(1)(a)(b) word inserted by Moorland (Livestock Extensification) 1996 reg. 2(12)(a)
reg. 9(1)(a) word revoked by Moorland (Livestock Extensification) 1996 reg. 2(12)(b)
reg. 9(1)(b) words substituted by Moorland (Livestock Extensification) 1996 reg. 2(12)(c)
reg. 9(1)(c) inserted by Moorland (Livestock Extensification) 1996 reg. 2(12)(d)
reg. 9(3) inserted by Moorland (Livestock Extensification) 1996 reg. 2(12)(e)

(1)

A beneficiary shall permit any person duly authorised by the Minister, accompanied by such other persons acting under the Minister’s instructions as appear to the authorised officer to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable times and on production on demand of the authorised person’s authority, to enter upon the beneficiary’s holding in order to inspect any land, building, livestock, document or record, with a view to verifying—

(a)

the accuracy of any particulars given in any application under regulation 4 or 6(2) or any claim under regulation 8(4) or in connection with any undertaking given by a new occupier pursuant to regulation 7(1)(b); and

(b)

compliance with the extensification obligations.

(2)

A beneficiary shall render all reasonable assistance to the authorised person in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1) above, and in particular shall—

(a)

produce such document or record as may be required by the authorised person for inspection; and

(b)

at the request of the authorised person, accompany him in making the inspection of any land and identify any area of land which is concerned in any application or claim mentioned in paragraph (1) or in any undertaking given by a new occupier under regulation 7 to comply with the extensification obligations undertaken by the original occupier.