Restriction on Pithing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Powers of inspectors

5.—(1) An inspector shall, on producing if so required some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter any land or premises (other than domestic premises not being used in connection with these Regulations) for the purpose of ascertaining if there is or has been a breach of regulation 2(1).

(2) In paragraph (1), “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Food Standards Agency or, as the case may be, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development or a district council.

(3) Any person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shall be deemed to have been appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by that Department.