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24.—(1) On producing, if required, a duly authenticated document showing his authority, an inspector may, at all reasonable hours, enter any premises, establishments or vehicle for the purpose of ensuring that these Regulations are being complied with.
(2) An inspector may require a person in possession of any meat to detain that meat at a place specified by the inspector.
(3) An inspector may require a person in possession of meat to dispose of that meat.
(4) An inspector may require a person in possession of meat to treat that meat.
(5) An inspector may carry out such inquiries, examinations and tests and take such samples as he considers necessary.
(6) An inspector may mark any animal, meat or other thing for identification purposes.
(7) An inspector may, by notice served on the occupier of a slaughterhouse or game handling establishment require the marking of any meat.
(8) An inspector may, by notice served on the occupier of any premises or establishment, require the tracing of any meat that the occupier has handled.
(9) An inspector may, by notice served on the occupier of any premises or establishment, require the cleansing and disinfection of any part of those premises.
(10) An inspector may, by notice served on the person in charge of any thing, require the cleansing and disinfection of that thing.
(11) An inspector may, by notice served on the occupier of any premises or establishment or the person in charge of any animal or thing require—
(a)the isolation of the animal or thing in a specified place;
(b)the separation of any animal or thing from any other animal or thing.
(12) An inspector may inspect and copy any records (in whatever form they are held) kept under these Regulations and remove such records so they may be copied.
(13) An inspector may inspect and check the operation of any computer and associated apparatus or material used in connection with the making and keeping of records under these Regulations.
(14) An inspector may require computer records to be produced in a form which may be taken away.
[F1(15) An inspector who enters any premises, establishment or vehicle may be accompanied by such other persons as the inspector considers necessary.]
(16) An inspector who enters unoccupied premises or an unoccupied establishment must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as he found them.
(17) Any person required by these Regulations to disinfect must use a disinfectant approved by the Department under the Diseases of Animals (Approval of Disinfectants) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 24(15) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/111), regs. 1(1), 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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