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Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Act 2020

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Powers of inspection etc.E+W

9E+WAn inspector exercising a power of entry may—

(a)search the premises;

(b)examine, measure or test anything that is found on the premises, including an animal;

(c)question any person on the premises;

(d)require any person on the premises to give the inspector such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require;

(e)take a sample, including a sample from an animal;

(f)mark an animal found on the premises for identification purposes;

(g)take a photograph or video recording of anything that is found on the premises, including of an animal;

(h)require any person on the premises to produce any document or record in whatever form it is held that is in the person's possession or control;

(i)take copies of or extracts from any document or record found on the premises in whatever form it is held;

(j)require information which is stored in an electronic form and is accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form;

(k)seize any item, except an animal, that is found on the premises and which the inspector reasonably believes to be evidence of the commission of an offence under section 1.

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I1Sch. para. 9 in force at 1.12.2020, see s. 12

10E+WA person taken onto the premises under paragraph 8(a) may exercise any power conferred on an inspector by paragraph 9 if the person is under the supervision of the inspector.

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I2Sch. para. 10 in force at 1.12.2020, see s. 12

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