Regulation 17 Powers of an authorised officer
Any supplier who has submitted to the Secretary of State milk tokens for reimbursement, or any person employed by such a supplier or with whom the supplier has a business relationship concerning the supply of milk shall produce to an officer duly authorised by the Secretary of State in that behalf such information or evidence, in the form of documents or otherwise, as the officer may specify as being reasonably needed in connection with verifying the amount to be reimbursed under regulation 15.
An officer to whom a person is required pursuant to paragraph (1), to produce information or evidence shall produce to that person if required to do so, his authority from the Secretary of State.
Where documents specified by an authorised officer pursuant to paragraph (1) are produced–
he may take copies of them or extracts from them, and
he may require the person producing them, or where that person is a body corporate, any other person who is a present or past officer of, or is employed by, the body corporate, to provide an explanation of them.
Where documents specified by an authorised officer pursuant to paragraph (1) are not produced, he may require the person who was required to produce them to state, to the best of his knowledge and belief, where they are.
A person who is required to provide an explanation under paragraph (3) or to make any statement under paragraph (4) shall comply with the requirement.