The Habitats (Scotland) Regulations 1994

Obligation to permit entry and inspection

11.—(1) An applicant or beneficiary shall permit any person duly authorised by the Secretary of State, accompanied by such persons acting under his instructions as appear to that authorised person to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable hours and on production on demand of some duly authenticated document showing his authority, if so required, to enter upon the farm for the purpose of–

(a) carrying out any inspection of such farm or any document or record in the possession or under the control of the applicant or the beneficiary relating to, or which the authorised person may reasonably suspect relates to, an application, with a view to verifying the accuracy of any particulars given in an application or claim under regulation 10(3) or in any undertaking made by a new occupier pursuant to regulation 9(1)(b); and

(b) ascertaining whether the applicant or beneficiary has duly complied with any undertaking given by him under these Regulations.

(2) An applicant or beneficiary shall render all reasonable assistance to the authorised person in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1) above, and in particular shall–

(a) produce any document or record which may be required by the authorised person for inspection;

(b) permit the authorised person to take copies or extracts from any such document or record;

(c) where any such document or record is kept by means of a computer, produce it in a form in which it may easily be read and taken away; and

(d) at the request of the authorised person, accompany him in making the inspection of any land and identify any area of land which is concerned in any application or in any undertaking given by a new occupier under regulation 9 to comply with the obligations undertaken by the original beneficiary.