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30.—(1) An officer may, for the purpose of exercising any of the powers in regulations 28 and 29, require a person with authority to do so to—
(a)break open any container, or
(b)access any electronic device in which information may be stored or from which it may be accessed.
(2) Where a requirement under paragraph (1) has not been complied with, or if there is no person on the premises with authority to carry out the actions in paragraph (1), the officer may, for the purpose of exercising any of the powers in regulations 28 and 29—
(a)break open the container, or
(b)access the electronic device.
(3) Paragraph (1) or (2) applies if and to the extent that the exercise of the power in that paragraph is reasonably necessary for the purposes of ascertaining compliance with these Regulations.
(4) In this regulation “container” means anything in which a product or document may be stored.
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