{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-monitoring-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-monitoring-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/420",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoonoses (Monitoring) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-monitoring-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Powers of inspectors",
  "text": "An inspector entering premises under regulation 4 may–\n(a) carry out such inquiries, examinations and tests and take such samples (including any animal carcase, part of an animal carcase, blood, faecal material, feedingstuff, litter or animal products) as the inspector considers necessary;\n(b) examine any records in whatever form they are held and take copies or print-outs of those records;\n(c) mark, or cause to be marked, for identification purposes, any animal or thing in relation to which any of the powers under paragraphs (a) or (b) have been exercised;\n(d) make inquiries of any person;\n(e) place on the premises any equipment (including any trap) for the purpose of capturing or monitoring any wild animal (including any arthropod vector) or for detecting any micro-organism; and\n(f) be accompanied by–\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...\n(ii) any ... person or any vehicle or equipment that the inspector considers necessary for the execution of these Regulations.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(f)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 23(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(f) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 23(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(f)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 23(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/420/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:11:25.872965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}