# The Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 1991, Regulation 6: Powers of authorised officers


(1) An authorised officer may at all reasonable hours and on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, exercise the powers specified in this regulation for the purposes of—
(a) carrying out any control measure, or
(b) ascertaining whether an offence under regulation 9(2) has been or is being committed.
(2) An authorised officer may enter any land, other than land used only as a dwelling, which is, or which such officer has reasonable cause to believe to be, a holding occupied by, or in the possession of, an applicant or specified successor.
(3) An authorised officer who has entered any land by virtue of this regulation may—
(a) inspect and verify the total area of land farmed by an applicant or by a specified successor, and
(b) inspect and count any cattle on that land.
(4) An authorised officer entering any land by virtue of this regulation may take with him such other persons as he considers necessary.
(5) An authorised officer may—
(a) require an applicant or specified successor or an employee, servant or agent of an applicant or specified successor to produce any specified record and to supply such additional information in that person’s possession or under his control relating to an application for premium as the authorised officer may reasonably request;
(b) inspect any such specified record 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 any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with that specified record;
(c) require that copies of, or extracts from, any specified record be produced;
(d) retain any such specified record which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under these Regulations and, where any such record is kept by means of a computer, require it to be produced in a form in which it may be taken away.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2632/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/suckler-cow-premium-regulations-1991/regulation-6
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