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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3N.I.POWERS OF ENTRY, INSPECTION AND SEARCH: SUPPLEMENTARY

Functions in connection with inspection and searchN.I.

11—(1) This paragraph applies to—N.I.

(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.