Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924

Inspection of registered premises.

17.—(1) Any inspector shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter any premises registered in the register of exporters or in respect of which an application for registration in that register has been made, and there to do all or any of the matters following, 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 testing, grading, and packing of eggs conducted in such premises;

(c) to examine all or any eggs, packages, and packing materials on such premises and to take reasonable samples of all or any of such eggs, packages, and packing materials.

(2) Any inspector shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter any premises registered in the register of preservers or in respect of which an application for registration in that register has been made, and to inspect all or any part of such premises and the equipment, appliances and fittings therein.

(3) 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.