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8.—(1) Where an officer has reasonable cause to believe that any premises are being used by a payment service provider in connection with the payment service provider’s business or professional activities, he may on producing evidence of his authority at any reasonable time—
(a)enter the premises;
(b)inspect the premises;
(c)observe the carrying on of business or professional activities by the payment service provider;
(d)inspect any recorded information found on the premises;
(e)require any person on the premises to provide an explanation of any recorded information or to state where it may be found;
(f)inspect any cash found on the premises.
(2) An officer may take copies of, or make extracts from, any recorded information found under paragraph (1).
(3) Paragraphs (1)(d) and (e) and (2) do not apply to recorded information which the payment service provider would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of legal professional privilege in proceedings in the High Court, except that a lawyer may be required to provide the name and address of his client and, for this purpose, regulation 7(11) applies to this paragraph as it applies to regulation 7(7).
(4) An officer may exercise powers under this regulation only if the information sought to be obtained as a result is reasonably required in connection with the exercise by the supervisory authority for which he acts of its functions under these Regulations.
(5) In this regulation, “premises” means any premises other than premises used only as a dwelling.
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