9.—(1) A veterinary inspector or an inspector may enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether these Regulations (or any declaration, notice or licence under them) are being or have been complied with and may—
(a)inspect and copy any records (in whatever form they are held) kept under these Regulations, or remove such records to enable them to be copied;
(b)inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records; and for this purpose may require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require (including providing him with any necessary passwords) and, where a record is kept by means of a computer, may require the records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away;
(c)mark any bird or other thing for identification purposes; and
(d)take with him such persons and equipment as he considers necessary.
(2) Any person who defaces, obliterates or removes any mark applied under paragraph (3)(c) shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) If a veterinary inspector or an inspector enters any unoccupied premises he shall leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as he found them.