28Powers

28 Powers

28 Powers

(1) An authorised officer may, as reasonably required for the enforcement of this Act or the regulations or for the conduct of an audit under this Act of the operations of the holder of a poppy licence or poppy permit—

(a) enter and inspect and, if necessary, use reasonable force to break into or open—

(i) a place or vehicle to which this section applies, or

(ii) part of, or anything in or on, a place or vehicle to which this section applies, and

(b) require a person to provide or take samples of or from a substance or thing for analysis, and

(c) examine, test or analyse any equipment, sample or other thing, or cause or require it to be examined, tested or analysed, or seize it or require its production for examination, testing or analysis, and

(d) require a person to produce a record or other document, including a written record that reproduces in an understandable form information stored by computer, microfilm or other process, and

(e) examine, copy or take extracts from a record, document or information so produced or require a person to provide a copy of any such record, document or information, and

(f) take photographs, films or audio, video or other recordings, and

(g) seize and retain anything that the authorised officer reasonably suspects has been used in, or may constitute evidence of, a contravention of this Act or the regulations, and

(h) require a person whom the authorised officer reasonably suspects has committed, is committing, or is about to commit, a contravention of this Act or the regulations to state the person’s full name and usual place of residence and to produce evidence of the person’s identity, and

(i) require a person whom the authorised officer reasonably suspects has knowledge of matters in respect of which information is required for the enforcement action or audit to answer questions in relation to those matters, and

(j) require a person holding or required to hold a licence or permit to produce it for inspection, and

(k) give a direction required in connection with the exercise of a power conferred by a paragraph above or otherwise in connection with the enforcement action or audit.