SCHEDULEInspections

Powers of inspection etc

7

An inspector exercising a power of entry may—

a

search the premises;

b

examine, measure or test anything, including an animal, that is found on the premises;

c

question any person on the premises;

d

require any person on the premises to give the inspector such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require;

e

take a sample (including a sample from an animal);

f

mark an animal found on the premises for identification purposes;

g

take a photograph or video recording of anything, including an animal, that is found on the premises;

h

require any person on the premises to produce any document or record (in whatever form it is held) that is in the person's possession or control;

i

take copies of or extracts from any document or record found on the premises (in whatever form it is held);

j

require information which is stored in an electronic form and is accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible (or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form);

k

seize anything, except an animal, that is found on the premises and which the inspector reasonably believes to be evidence of the commission of an offence under section 1.

8

A person taken on to the premises under paragraph 6(b) may exercise any power conferred on an inspector by paragraph 7 if the person is in the company and under the supervision of an inspector exercising a power of entry.