# Slaughterhouses Act 1974, Section 42: Powers of entry.


(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, at any time when business is, or appears to be, in progress, or is usually carried on, in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard, any officer of the Minister, or an officer appointed for the purpose by the local authority within whose district the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard is situate, may enter it for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been any contravention of this Part of this Act or of any regulations made under it.
(2) Any person who obstructs a person in the exercise of his powers under subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(3) Subsection (1) above shall not authorise entry into a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard which for the time being is, or is comprised in, an infected place within the meaning of the Animal Health Act 1981.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/3/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/slaughterhouses-act-1974/section-42
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