The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1995

Powers of inspectors

29.—(1) Subject to regulation 10 above, an inspector shall, on producing, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter any land or premises for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been on the premises any contravention of these Regulations; and in this regulation “premises” includes any place, installation, vehicle, ship, vessel, boat, craft, hovercraft or aircraft.

(2) An inspector shall have powers to carry out all checks and examinations necessary for the enforcement of Council Directive 90/425/EEC and Council Directive 91/496/EEC, and in particular may—

(a) carry out inspections of any processes used for the marking and identification of animals, any premises and any installation;

(b) carry out checks on whether staff are complying with the requirements of the directives listed in Schedule 3 relating to animal products;

(c) take samples (and, if necessary, send the samples for laboratory testing) from—

(i) animals held with a view to being sold, put on the market or transported;

(ii) products held with a view to being stored or sold, put on the market or transported;

(iii) animals or animal products being transported in the course of intra-Community trade;

(iv) animals at a border inspection post in the case of third country imports;

(v) animals or animal products at the place of destination in the case of an import from another member State;

(d) examine documentary or data processing material relevant to the checks carried out under these Regulations;

(e) take with him a representative of the European Commission acting for the purposes of Council Directives 90/425/EEC or 91/496/EEC.

(3) Without prejudice to any other provision in these Regulations relating to the recovery of costs, the person in charge of any animals or animal product shall be liable for any reasonable expenses arising out of or in connection with the exercise of any power conferred on an inspector by these Regulations relating to those animals or animal products.