Regulation 34 Powers of inspectors

inspect the premises, and any plant, machinery or equipment;

search the premises;

take samples;

examine or seize any documents or records (including financial records);

seize any computers and associated equipment for the purpose of copying documents provided they are returned as soon as practicable;

seize any veterinary medicinal product or anything purporting to be a veterinary medicinal product, and if he does so in circumstances where regulation 40 applies he shall act in accordance with that regulation;

carry out any inquiries, examinations and tests;

have access to, and inspect and copy any documents or records (in whatever form they are held) kept under these Regulations, or remove such records to enable them to be copied;

have access to, inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records; and for this purpose may require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require and, where a record is kept by means of a computer, may require the records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away.