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Inspectors.
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8.—(1) Each of the following shall be an appointing authority for the purposes of this section, namely, the Minister, the Minister for Agriculture and Food, the Minister for the Marine and, with the consent of the Minister for Health, a health board.
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(2) An appointing authority may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether regulations under this Act are being observed, appoint such inspectors as the appointing authority thinks proper and may revoke any such appointment.
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(3) A person appointed under subsection (2) shall be furnished with a warrant of appointment and, when exercising any power conferred by this section, shall produce the warrant if so required.
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(4) An inspector may—
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(a) enter and inspect any transport equipment which he reasonably believes is being used for the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs;
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(b) require the person who for the time being is in charge of transport equipment which he reasonably believes is being used for the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs to produce a certificate of compliance or certification plate in respect of that equipment;
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(c) enter at any reasonable time any premises in which he has reason to believe perishable foodstuffs are being kept for or after international carriage or transport equipment for international carriage is being kept and inspect such foodstuffs or enter and inspect such equipment;
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(d) detain any transport equipment during such time as is required for any such inspection.
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(5) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (4) (b) or who obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his functions under subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.
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