s 233 Monitoring powers: why
233.—(1) A food security officer may exercise a monitoring power for one or more of the following purposes, only:(a) to determine whether the minimum stockholding requirement in relation to the MSR product has been, or is being, complied with by an entity that is subject to a minimum stockholding requirement in relation to that MSR product; (b) to determine for the purposes of section 27 whether a divesting entity’s minimum stockholding requirement in relation to an MSR product is being assumed by, or divided with, another receiving entity or entities; (c) to determine whether information given in compliance, or purported compliance, with a provision in Part 2 or any Part 2 Rules is correct. (2) An authorised officer or a food inspector may exercise a monitoring power for one or more of the following purposes, only:(a) to determine for the purposes of section 78, 79, 92, 110, 192, 205 or 211 whether to grant an FSSA authorisation under that section; (b) to determine whether there is any ground to take regulatory action under section 83, 84, 96, 112, 196, 209 or 213; (c) to determine whether information given in compliance, or purported compliance, with a provision in this Act (other than Part 2 or any Part 2 Rules) is correct.