The Agriculture (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2021

Powers of inspection

18.—(1) An authorised person who carries out a virtual or physical inspection of land or premises in accordance with regulation 15, 16 or 17 may—

(a) carry out any inquiries, checks, examinations, measurements and tests;

(b) inspect the land or premises;

(c) inspect any livestock, trees, crops, plants, machinery or equipment specified in the agreement;

(d) mark any animal or other thing, or require any animal or other thing to be marked, for identification purposes;

(e) have access to, inspect, copy and print any documents or records (in whatever form they are held) or remove any such documents to enable them to be copied or retained as evidence;

(f) have access to, inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the documents or records; and

(g) take a photograph, or a record in digital form, of anything on or associated with the land or premises.

(2) An authorised person who enters land or premises in accordance with regulation 16 or 17 may also—

(a) take samples;

(b) remove a carcase on the land or premises for the purpose of carrying out a post-mortem examination; and

(c) remove anything reasonably believed to be evidence of a breach or offence referred to in regulation 17(1)(a).