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Prices Act 1974
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3(1)A duly authorised officer of the Secretary of State or of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may, at all reasonable hours and on production, if required, of his credentials, exercise the powers specified in sub-paragraph (2) below for the purpose of determining—U.K.
(a)whether any payment is to be, or has been, properly made under any scheme under section 1 of this Act or falls to be repaid in accordance with any conditions subject to which it was made or falls to be made to the Secretary of State by virtue of any order under subsection (7) of that section; or
(b)whether any condition required to be observed under paragraph 2 above has been contravened.
(2)The said powers are—
(a)a power to inspect and take samples of any goods and to enter any land or any premises other than premises used only as a dwelling; and
(b)a power to require any person carrying on a business, or employed in connection with a business, to produce any documents relating to the business, and a power of making extracts from, or making copies of, the documents.
(3)Any person who—
(a)wilfully obstructs an officer acting under this paragraph; or
(b)wilfully fails to comply with a requirement imposed under this paragraph,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 5 on the standard scale].
(4)Any person who, with intent to deceive, produces, in compliance with a requirement under this paragraph, a document which to his knowledge is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 5 on the standard scale].
(5)Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as compelling the production by a barrister, advocate or solicitor of a document containing a privileged communication made by or to him in that capacity.
(6)In this paragraph “premises” include any stall, vehicle or vessel.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46, (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I.) by S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
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C1Sch. para. 3 repealed except as it has effect for the purposes of para. 9 by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
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