# The Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1994, Regulation 8: Powers of authorised officers


(1) An authorised officer may at all reasonable hours and on producing, if so required, a duly authenticated document showing his authority, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any Community provision or these Regulations have been or are being complied with—
(a) enter any slaughterhouse or any other premises which he reasonably suspects to be a slaughterhouse;
(b) inspect any pig carcase or part of such a carcase or any carcase or part of a carcase which he reasonably suspects to be a pig carcase or part of such a carcase in that slaughterhouse;
(c) examine any records which an operator is required to keep under regulation 6(e)(ii) and any other records in the possession or under the control of an occupier relating to the slaughter of pigs at any slaughterhouse of that occupier and where any such record is kept by means of a computer, have access to and inspect and check the operation of any computer and associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with that record;
(d) require that copies of or extracts from any such record be produced and, where such record is kept by means of a computer, require it to be produced in a form in which it may be taken away;
(e) retain any such record which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under these Regulations.
(2) An authorised officer entering any slaughterhouse or other premises by virtue of this regulation may take with him such other persons and such equipment as he considers necessary.
(3) Where any record referred to in paragraph (1)(c) above is in the possession or under the control of the MLC, the MLC shall on request produce such record to an authorised officer and the provisions of paragraph (1)(c), (d) and (e) above shall apply in relation to such record.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2155/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1994/regulation-8
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