Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Act 2020

Powers of inspection etc.

9 An inspector exercising a power of entry may—

(a) search the premises;

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

(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 that is found on the premises, including of an animal;

(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 any item, 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.