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Paragraph 11

(1)

This paragraph applies to—

(a)

a power of inspection conferred by section 24(1), 25(1), 26(1), 27(1) or 28(1), and

(b)

a power of search conferred by a warrant under section 22(1).

(2)

A person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies may—

(a)

inspect an animal found on the premises;

(b)

inspect any other thing found on the premises, including a document or record (in whatever form it is held);

(c)

carry out a measurement or test (including a measurement or test of an animal found on the premises);

(d)

take a sample (including a sample from an animal found on the premises or from any substance on the premises which appears to be intended for use as food for such an animal);

(e)

mark an animal found on the premises for identification purposes;

(f)

remove a carcass found on the premises for the purpose of carrying out a post-mortem examination on it;

(g)

take copies of a document or record found on the premises (in whatever form it is held);

(h)

require information sorted in an electronic form and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form;

(i)

take a photograph of anything on the premises;

(j)

seize and detain or remove anything which the person exercising the power reasonably believes to be evidence of any non-compliance, or of the commission of any offence, relevant to the purpose for which the inspection or search is made.

(3)

A person taken onto premises under paragraph 6 may exercise any power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) if that person is in the company of, and under the supervision of, a person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies.