The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2008

Powers of inspectors

32.—(1) An inspector may, for any purpose relating to the enforcement of this Order—

(a)collect, pen and mark any animal and require a keeper to arrange for the collection, penning, marking and securing of any animal;

(b)require the keeper to produce or copy any document or record;

(c)remove and retain any document or record;

(d)have access to, and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been used in connection with records;

(e)where a record is kept by means of a computer, require the record to be produced in a form which may be taken away;

(f)require the production of any unused identification tags, and record their numbers;

(g)take with him or her a representative of the European Commission acting for the purposes of Article 12 of the Council Regulation, or any people or things he or she considers necessary.

(2) A person required to do anything by an inspector acting under paragraph (1) must, unless he or she has reasonable cause, do so without delay.