{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1988/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1988/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1180",
  "legislation_title": "The Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Powers of entry and inspection and to obtain evidence",
  "text": "(1) An authorised officer may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of these Regulations have been, or are being, complied with—\n(a) enter any slaughterhouse at any reasonable time;\n(b) inspect any pig carcase at that slaughterhouse;\n(c) examine any relevant commercial records and any record which is required, by virtue of regulation 5(d) or 6(2)(d) to be kept in respect of pig carcases graded at that slaughterhouse.\n(2) An authorised officer who reasonably suspects that there has been an offence under these Regulations, may for the purpose of investigating such an offence, take possession of, or take a copy of, or extract from any commercial record or other record appearing to him to be material which is produced pursuant to paragraphs (3) or (4) below, or which is in the possession or control of a person whom he reasonably suspects is guilty of such an offence.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below the occupier of any slaughterhouse shall on request produce to an authorised officer any relevant commercial records and any record which is required, by virtue of regulation 5(d) or 6(2)(d), to be kept in respect of pig carcases graded at that slaughterhouse.\n(4) Where the record required to be kept by virtue of regulation 6(2)(d) is in the possession of the MLC, the MLC shall on request produce that record to an authorised officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1180/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:03:56.236946+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."
}