Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975

37Inspectors

(1)The Secretary of State may appoint, as inspectors to assist him in the execution of this Part of this Act, such number of persons appearing to him to be qualified for the purpose as he considers appropriate from time to time; and the Secretary of State may make, to or in respect of any person appointed in pursuance of this subsection, such payments by way of remuneration or otherwise as the Secretary of State determines with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.

(2)An inspector appointed in pursuance of the preceding subsection may, at all reasonable times and on producing written evidence of his authority if required to do so,—

(a)inspect any refinery and for that purpose enter on any land on or near which any part of the refinery is situated;

(b)without prejudice to the preceding paragraph, inspect any land on which a refinery is being provided and for that purpose enter on the land and any land near it;

(c)require any person having control of any refinery or land which the inspector is authorised to inspect or enter by virtue of either of the preceding paragraphs to give the inspector such assistance and afford him such facilities as the inspector may reasonably ask for in connection with the powers conferred on him in relation to the refinery or land by either of those paragraphs;

(d)require any body to which an authorisation for the time being in force has been issued to produce and permit the inspector to inspect any documents in that body's possession or control which relate to the issued share capital of that body;

(e)require any person to produce and permit the inspector to inspect any documents in that person's possession or control which relate to—

(i)any works for the provision or extension of a refinery, or

(ii)the use of any works at a time when a notice in pursuance of section 35(3) of this Act was in force in respect of them.