Powers of inspectorsU.K.
5. An inspector entering premises under regulation 4 may—
(a)carry out such inquiries, examinations and tests and take such samples (including any animal carcase or any part of any animal carcase, blood, faecal material, feeding stuff, litter or any animal product) as he considers necessary;
(b)examine any records in whatever form and take copies or print-outs of those records;
(c)mark, or cause to be marked, for identification purposes, any animal, animal carcase or thing in relation to which any of the powers under paragraph (a) or (b) have been exercised;
(d)make inquiries of any person;
(e)place any equipment (including any trap) on the premises for the purpose of capturing or monitoring any wild animal (including any arthropod vector) or for detecting any micro-organism; [F1and]
(f)take with him any person, vehicle or equipment that he considers necessary for the execution of these Regulations; F2...
F2(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 5(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1110), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 5(g) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1110), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)