Inspections
27.—(1) The occupier must permit any person authorised by the Scottish Ministers (“the authorised person”), accompanied by such persons as appear to the authorised person to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of monitoring implementation of these Regulations or of assessing their effectiveness in reducing water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources and preventing further such pollution–
(a)to enter upon land;
(b)to take samples;
(c)to install and maintain equipment;
(d)to examine all records kept under these Regulations.
(2) The occupier must give all reasonable assistance to any person acting by virtue of paragraph (1) above and in particular must–
(a)produce for inspection such document or record as may be reasonably required by that person; and
(b)at the reasonable request of that person, accompany that person in making any inspection of any land.