Agricultural Produce (Potatoes) Act, 1931

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Inspection of registered premises.

16.—(1) Any inspector shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter any registered premises or any premises in respect of which an application for registration has been made, and there to do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) to inspect all or any part of such premises and the equipment, appliances and fittings therein;

(b) to observe all or any of the processes of grading and packing of potatoes conducted in such premises;

(c) to examine all or any potatoes and packages in such premises and to take reasonable samples of all or any of such potatoes and packages.

(2) Every person who shall obstruct or impede any inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this section shall be guilty of an offence against this section, and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.