Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023
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Supplementary powers | ||
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77. (1) In exercising a function under this Part, an authorised officer may be accompanied and assisted by one or more other persons. | ||
(2) An authorised officer, or a person accompanying an authorised officer, may bring any equipment or materials required. | ||
(3) An authorised officer may seize anything found while exercising functions under this Part if the officer has reasonable grounds for believing it may be evidence of an offence under this Act and may seize and retain it for use in evidence in proceedings for such an offence. | ||
(4) An authorised officer may use reasonable force to enter premises under this Part. | ||
(5) An authorised officer, or a person accompanying an authorised officer, is not liable in any proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of functions under this Part if the court is satisfied that— | ||
(a) the act was done in good faith, and | ||
(b) there were reasonable grounds for doing it. | ||
(6) A member of the Garda Síochána may stop a vehicle or vessel for the purposes of this Act and may require that it be moved for inspection to a specified place (and for this purpose “vehicle” includes a trailer designed for use or used with a vehicle, and a container designed or used for carriage on a vehicle, whether or not attached to a vehicle). | ||
(7) Nothing in section 17 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 prevents an authorised officer from exercising a function conferred by this Act. |