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Inspection of bees.
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2.—(1) Any officer of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Department”) charged with agricultural duties and authorised in writing in that behalf by the Department, and, within the district of any local authority, any person authorised in writing in that behalf by the local authority, shall have power to enter at all reasonable times any premises where bees are kept, and to inspect any bees and articles and appliances used in connection with bee-keeping.
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(2) If any person refuses to allow any such officer or authorised person to enter any premises which he is entitled to enter under this section, or obstructs or impedes him in the execution of his duty, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
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