Powers of inspectors
6.—(1) An inspector shall, on producing some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter any turkey holding selected in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/662/EC or any slaughterhouse selected in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/668/EC for the purposes of—
(a)ascertaining in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/662/EC or Commission Decision 2006/668/EC —
(i)whether Salmonella spp. exists or has existed there;
(ii)whether anti-microbials have been used; and
(iii)in the case of a turkey holding, the Salmonella vaccination status of the turkeys; and
(b)the enforcement of these Regulations.
(2) On entering any turkey holding in accordance with paragraph (1) an inspector may require the occupier or person in charge of a slaughterhouse (or any employee or agent of the occupier or person in charge of a slaughterhouse)—
(a)to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require for the purposes of these Regulations;
(b)to produce or allow access to any record held in whatever form, including computerised records, he may reasonably require for the purposes of these Regulations.
(3) When he has entered a turkey holding in accordance with paragraph (1) an inspector may—
(a)take samples of faecal material;
(b)examine any records in whatever form, including computerised records, and take copies of those records; and
(c)take with him any person, vehicle or equipment he considers necessary for the execution or enforcement of these Regulations.
(4) When he has entered a slaughterhouse an inspector may—
(a)take samples from pig carcases of muscle, lymph nodes in the ileocaecal region, the aggregate of such lymph nodes;
(b)take swabs from pig carcasses;
(c)examine any records in whatever form, including computerised records, and take copies of those records; and
(d)take with him any person, vehicle or equipment he considers necessary for the execution or enforcement of these Regulations.