Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961

Inspection of records.

41.—(1) An officer of the Board authorised in writing by the Board to exercise the powers conferred on an officer of the Board by this section may inspect and make copies of—

(a) all documents and records relating to the acquisition (by purchase or otherwise), disposal (by sale or otherwise), delivery on sale or storage of liquid milk and kept by or on behalf of persons liable to pay milk levy,

(b) all documents and records relating to the manufacture, acquisition (by purchase or otherwise), disposal (by sale or otherwise), delivery on sale or storage of butter and kept by or on behalf of persons liable to pay butter levy or butter stocks levy, and

(c) all documents and records relating to the storage of butter and kept by or on behalf of any person who keeps butter in storage for a registered proprietor of premises or butter trader, and for that purpose may enter at all reasonable times any premises in which he has reason to believe such documents or records are kept.

(2) Any person having in his possession or control any of the documents or records aforesaid shall, at the request of an officer of the Board authorised as aforesaid, produce such documents or records and give to him any information which he may reasonably require with regard to any entries therein.

(3) No person shall obstruct or impede an officer of the Board in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section.

(4) A person who contravenes a provision of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

(5) An officer of the Board, when exercising any of the powers conferred by this section, shall, if so required, produce his authorisation to any person affected.