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Regulation 15 Obligation to permit entry and inspection

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(1)

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

(a)

the accuracy of any particulars given in any application or claim for aid or in any undertaking made by a new occupier to comply with set-aside obligations, or in any notification made under the provisions of regulations 7(2) or 11(2); and

(b)

compliance with the set-aside obligations.

(2)

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

(a)

produce such document or record as may be required by that officer for inspection; and

(b)

at the request of that officer, accompany him in making the inspection of any land and identify any area of land which is concerned in any application or claim for aid or in any undertaking made by a new occupier to comply with set-aside obligations, or in any notification made under the provisions of regulations 7(2) or 11(2).