Regulation 5 Obligations to permit inspection

(1)

Where a producer has given an undertaking under Article 2(2) of the principal Council Regulation, or where the successor of a producer has given an undertaking under Article 4(3) of the Commission Regulation, that producer or successor shall permit an authorised officer, accompanied by such persons acting under his instructions as appear to him to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable times and on production of his authority on demand, to—

(a)

verify the total area of land farmed by that producer or successor;

(b)

inspect and count any cattle kept by that producer or successor on such land;

(c)

inspect, and make such copies or take such extracts as the officer thinks fit of,

(i)

any bill, account, voucher or record in his possession or under his control (which the authorised officer requires him to furnish for inspection) relating to the number of cattle kept or formerly kept by him, or relating to transactions carried out by him or in respect of which he has or has had an interest, concerning cattle, milk or milk products, and

(ii)

any book, account or record in his possession or under his control (which the authorised officer requires him to furnish for inspection) relating to his holding or relating to a holding in which he has or has had an interest and which the authorised officer considers necessary to substantiate his claim for eligibility as a producer for the purposes of the principal Council Regulation.

(2)

The producer or successor and any person in charge of cattle on the land shall render all reasonable assistance to an authorised officer in relation to any of the matters mentioned in the preceding paragraph.