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Further powers of inspection and examination.
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8.—(1) Every inspector is hereby authorised and empowered to do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) at all reasonable times to enter upon and have free access to the interior of any premises in which the business of preparing for sale for human consumption meat preserved and intended to be sold in a barrel, tin, jar, or other container or the business of manufacturing or preparing for sale for human consumption any essence, extract, or other preparation (whether liquid or solid) derived wholly or mainly from meat or both of those businesses is or are carried on or believed to be carried on;
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(b) to examine all meat and any such essence, extract or preparation as aforesaid found in any premises to the interior of which he has access by virtue of this section and for that purpose to open any package, barrel, tin, jar, or other container found in such premises and containing or believed to contain meat or any such preparation;
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(c) at any time or place to ask of any person who has or at any time had the custody or possession of any meat or any such preparation found in the course of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section such questions in relation to such meat or any such preparation as such inspector shall think proper, and to demand and take the name and address of such person and also to demand and take from such person the name and address of the owner of such meat or any such preparation;
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(d) at any time or place to demand of any person who has or at any time had the custody or possession of any meat or any such preparation found in the course of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section, the production of all records, invoices, consignment notes, receipts, and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) relating to such meat or any such preparation, and to take copies of and make extracts from any such documents including as aforesaid.
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(2) Every person who shall do any of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) obstruct or impede any inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section, or
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(b) fail or refuse to answer to the best of his knowledge and ability any question asked of him by an inspector in exercise of a power in that behalf conferred by this section, or
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(c) give an answer to any such question which is to his knowledge false or misleading, or
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(d) when his own or any other name or address is demanded of him by an inspector in exercise of a power in that behalf conferred by this section fail or refuse to give such name, or fail or refuse to give such address, or give a name or an address which is false or misleading, or
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(e) fail or refuse to produce any document the production of which is lawfully demanded of him by an inspector in exercise of a power in that behalf conferred by this section, or fail or refuse to permit an inspector to take copies of or to make extracts from any such document,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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