# The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 12: Powers of enforcement officers

Extent: S

(1) An enforcement officer may—
(a) make any enquiries, observe any activity or process, and take photographs;
(b) inspect any article, container, plant, equipment or records of any class which appear to the enforcement officer to be relevant for the purposes of an investigation, and may as reasonably required make or require the making of copies of such records or remove such records;
(c) mark any item for identification purposes;
(d) require the production of any label, document or record (in whatever form it is held);
(e) inspect and take a copy of, or take a copy of an extract from, any label, document or record;
(f) have access to, and inspect and check the data on, and operation of, any computer or similar device;
(g) if the enforcement officer has reason to believe that a person is in contravention of these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation, and that such data may be relevant to the contravention, seize and detain any equipment for the purposes of copying data or (where adequate inspection is impracticable) further inspection;
(h) if the enforcement officer has reason to believe that a person is in contravention of these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation, and that certain records may be relevant to the contravention, seize and detain the records.
(2) An enforcement officer must—
(a) produce evidence of authorisation when requested to do so;
(b) as soon as reasonably possible—
(i) provide to the person appearing to be responsible for any record or equipment removed from any premises a written receipt identifying the items removed; and
(ii) when no longer required, return anything seized or detained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/412/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-12
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