SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Powers of entry, inspection and search: supplementary
Functions in connection with inspection and search
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1
This paragraph applies to—
a
a power of inspection conferred by section 26(1), 27(1), 28(1) or 29(1), and
b
a power of search conferred by a warrant under section 23(1).
2
A person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies may—
a
inspect an animal found on the premises;
b
inspect any other thing found on the premises, including a document or record (in whatever form it is held);
c
carry out a measurement or test (including a measurement or test of an animal found on the premises);
d
take a sample (including a sample from an animal found on the premises or from any substance on the premises which appears to be intended for use as food for such an animal);
e
mark an animal found on the premises for identification purposes;
f
remove a carcass found on the premises for the purpose of carrying out a post-mortem examination on it;
g
take copies of a document or record found on the premises (in whatever form it is held);
h
require information stored in an electronic form and 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;
i
take a photograph of anything on the premises;
j
seize and detain or remove anything which the person exercising the power reasonably believes to be evidence of any non-compliance, or of the commission of any offence, relevant to the purpose for which the inspection or search is made.
3
A person taken onto premises under paragraph 5 may exercise any power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) if he is in the company, and under the supervision, of a person exercising a power to which this paragraph applies.