The Slaughter Premium (Wales) Regulations 2001

Powers of entry and inspection

24.—(1) An authorised person may enter any land, other than land used only as a dwelling, which is, or which he or she reasonably believes to be—

(a) occupied by a claimant or used by him or her for keeping bovine animals; or

(b) used for, or in connection with, a slaughterhouse.

(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 or her such other persons acting under his or her instructions as he or she considers necessary.