Regulation 6 Powers of authorised persons

for any purpose relating to the processing of an application for payment; or

for the purpose of ascertaining whether any offence under these Regulations has been or is being committed.

land currently or formerly occupied by or in the possession of—

premises which are or formerly were registered premises or EEC registered premises within the meaning of section 3 of the Agricultural Produce (Meat Regulation and Pig Industry) Act (Northern Ireland) 1962^f2.

inspect and count any bovine animals on the land and read the ear-tags of any such animal; and

inspect any account, bill, invoice, movement record, slaughter record, receipt, sales note, voucher or other record relating to any veal calf.

require any applicant for a payment, or any employee, servant or agent of such a person, to produce any account, bill, invoice, movement record, slaughter record, receipt, sales note, voucher or other record relating to any animal for which an application for payment has been made, and to supply such additional information in that person’s possession, custody or power relating to any such animal as the authorised person may reasonably request;

where any account, bill, invoice, movement record, slaughter record, receipt, sales note, voucher or other record relating to any animal for which an application for payment has been made 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 any such records;

require that copies of, or extracts from, any account, bill, invoice, movement record, slaughter record, receipt, sales note, voucher or other record relating to any animal for which an application for payment has been made be produced; and

seize and retain any such 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.