The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2001

Powers of authorised officers

14.  An authorised officer at all reasonable hours and on producing, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, may enter upon and inspect any vessel which is, or which such officer has reasonable cause to believe is, a vessel in respect of which an application has been made for the purpose of ascertaining whether and to what extent—

(a) a person is entitled under Article 3 to make the application;

(b) the application should be selected for approval under Article 5;

(c) Articles 8 to 10 and 13, any relevant conditions and any undertakings given by the applicant have been complied with;

(d) the scrapping of the vessel is being, or has been, actually carried out;

(e) any amount of grant is recoverable in accordance with Article 16;

(f) an offence under Article 17(4) of the Agriculture and Fisheries (Financial Assistance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 has been or is being committed.