Counter-Inflation Act 1973

3 (1) A duly authorised officer of the Minister, or of a local weights and measures authority, may at all reasonable hours, and on production, if required, of his credentials, exercise the following powers for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of—

(a) any order or notice under section 6 of this Act, or

(b) any order or notice under Part III of this Act,

are being complied with.

(2) The said powers are—

(a) a power to inspect any goods and to enter any land or any premises, other than premises used only as a dwelling, and

(b) a power to require any person carrying on a business, or employed in connection with a business, to produce any documents relating to the business, and a power of making extracts from, or making copies of, the documents.

(3) A person who wilfully obstructs an officer acting under this paragraph shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.

(4) A person who, with intent to deceive, produces, in compliance with a requirement under this paragraph, a document which to his knowledge is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.

(5) In this paragraph " premises " includes any stall, vehicle or vessel.