The End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005

Regulation 22

SCHEDULE 6

POWERS OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION OF PREMISES EXERCISABLE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND PERSONS AUTHORISED UNDER REGULATION 22

1.  To enter at any reasonable time and on production, if required, of their credentials, any premises except for a dwelling house which are considered to be necessary for the Secretary of State or any authorised person to enter.

2.  To make such examination and investigation as may in any circumstances be necessary.

3.  As regards any premises for which there is a power to enter, direct that those premises or any part of them, or anything in them, shall be left undisturbed (whether generally or in particular respects) for so long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of any examination or investigation under paragraph 2.

4.  To take such measurements and photographs and make such recordings as are considered necessary for the purpose of any examination or investigation under paragraph 2.

5.  To take samples, or cause samples to be taken, of articles or substances found in or on any premises which the Secretary of State or any authorised person has power to enter, and of the air, water or land in, on, or in the vicinity of, the premises.

6.  To require the production of, or where the information is recorded in computerised form, the furnishing of extracts from, any records —

(i) which are required to be kept under these Regulations; or

(ii) which it is necessary to see for the purposes of an examination or investigation under paragraph 2

and to inspect and take copies of, or of any entry in, the records.

7.  To require any person to afford such facilities and assistance with respect to any matters or things within that person’s control or in relation to which that person has responsibilities as are necessary to enable the Secretary of State or the authorised person to exercise any of the powers conferred on them by these Regulations.