Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Act, 1935

Inspection of registered premises.

15.—(1) An inspector shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter the premises in respect of which any person is registered or has applied to be registered in a register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act and to inspect such premises and the plant, appliances, and equipment therein and all butter in such premises.

(2) An inspector may (subject to the production by him if so required of his authority in writing as such inspector) at all reasonable times enter upon and have free access to the interior of any premises in which he believes or suspects that butter is sold or is exposed, kept, or stored for sale and may there search for any such butter and examine all butter found on such search and also inspect and take extracts from any records found on such premises relative to dealings in or transactions relating to butter.

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