Part V

Enforcement, Offences and Proceedings

Enforcement

Entry and warrants: supplementary
62I
1
This section applies to an inspector who enters any premises by virtue of a power conferred on the inspector by or under this Act or under a warrant under section 62H.
2
The inspector may take on to the premises—
a
such other persons as the inspector thinks necessary to give the inspector such assistance as the inspector thinks necessary;
b
such equipment as the inspector thinks necessary.
3
The inspector may require any person on the premises who falls within subsection (4) to give the inspector such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require.
4
The following persons fall within this subsection—
a
the occupier of the premises;
b
a person appearing to the inspector to have charge of animals on the premises;
c
a person appearing to the inspector to be under the direction or control of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
5
If the inspector enters any premises by virtue of a warrant issued under section 62H the inspector must at the time of entry—
a
serve a copy of the warrant on the occupier of the premises; or
b
if the occupier is not on the premises, leave a copy of the warrant in a conspicuous place on the premises.
6
If the inspector enters any unoccupied premises the inspector must leave them as effectively secured against entry as the inspector found them.
Ss. 62G-62I inserted (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), ss. 12, 55(1) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2