The Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendments) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/3293
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendments) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Section 2 Amendment of the Animal Health Act 1981

After section 64 of the Animal Health Act 1981 there shall be added the following new section—

Powers of inspectors relating to Community obligations

(64A) In addition to the powers conferred by sections 63 and 64, an inspector (on producing, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority) may at all reasonable hours—

(a) enter—

(i) any land, building, or other place, or

(ii) any vessel, boat, aircraft, hovercraft or vehicle of any other description,

for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of any order made under this Act in implementation of any Community obligation have been or are being complied with, and

(b) carry out such inspetions (including inspection of documents) as may be necessary for that purpose.