PART 3 Enforcement

Powers of inspectors
13. (1) An inspector entering premises under regulation 12 may—
(a) inspect the premises, and any plant, machinery or equipment;
(b) search the premises;
(c) inspect any material and take samples in the manner prescribed in Annex IV (methods of sampling and analysis);
(d) examine or seize any documents or records (including financial records);
(e) seize any computers and associated equipment for the purpose of copying documents provided they are returned as soon as practicable;
(f) carry out any inquiries, examinations and tests;
(g) have access to, and inspect and copy any documents or records (in whatever form they are held) required to be kept by the Community Regulation, or remove such records to enable them to be copied; and
(h) have access to, inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(h), an inspector—
(i) may require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require; and
(ii) where a record is kept by means of a computer, may require the records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away.