The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Facilitating assistance and co-operation under Title IV

12.—(1) For the purposes of assisting a competent authority of another member State as provided for under Article 36.3, or enabling a competent authority designated under these Regulations to do so, an inspector who is exercising powers under relevant legislation to enter premises or to inspect records may–

(a) be accompanied by authorised officers of a competent authority of another member State;

(b) show to such authorised officers such records as the inspector inspects; and

(c) make for them, or require to be made for them, copies of such records as the inspector has powers to make or require under the relevant legislation.

(2) For the purposes of facilitating a visit by an inspection team sent by the Commission as provided for in Article 40.3(a), an inspector may be accompanied by representatives of the Commission when the inspector is exercising powers under relevant legislation to enter premises or to inspect records.