Slaughter Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Powers of entry and inspection

14.—(1) An authorised person may enter any land other than land used only as a dwelling, which is, or which he reasonably believes to be occupied by a claimant or used by him for keeping bovine animals.

(2) An authorised person who has entered any land by virtue of this regulation may—

(a) inspect and verify the area of the land or any part thereof;

(b) inspect any building, structure or equipment, including weighing equipment on the land;

(c) inspect and count any bovine animals on the land and read their eartags or other identification marks;

(d) inspect any carcase, or part of a carcase, of any bovine animal on the land;

(e) carry out any other activity which is a specified control measure; and

(f) inspect the land for the purpose of determining whether it has been overgrazed or whether unsuitable supplementary feeding methods have been used on it.

(3) An authorised person entering land by virtue of this regulation may take with him such other persons acting under his instructions as he considers necessary.