The Dairy Herd Conversion Premium Regulations 1973

Powers of inspection

5.—(1) Where a producer has applied for the payment of a premium under Article 1 of the Regulation of the Council, or has given an undertaking under Article 3(1) thereof, or where the successor of a producer has given an undertaking under Article 11 of that Regulation, an authorised officer may enter on any land occupied by that producer or successor, or otherwise used by him for the keeping of cattle or sheep, and may—

(a) inspect and count any cattle or sheep kept by the producer or successor on such land; and

(b) require the producer or successor to furnish for inspection any bill, account, voucher or record in his possession or under his control relating to the numbers of cattle or sheep kept, or formerly kept, by him, or relating to transactions carried out by him, or in respect of which he has or has an interest, concerning cattle or sheep, or milk or milk products.

(2) In exercising the power conferred on him by the preceding paragraph, an authorised officer shall be entitled to take on to the land such other persons as may be necessary for the purpose of inspecting and counting animals, and in relation to the inspection of documents, he shall be entitled to make such copies thereof, or take such extracts therefrom, as he may think fit.

(3) The producer or successor, and any other person in charge of animals on the land, shall render all reasonable assistance to an authorised officer to enable him to exercise the powers conferred on him by paragraph (1) of this regulation.