115 Rights of entry and inspection
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (1990 c 43) | Legislation

115  Rights of entry and inspection

(1)     An inspector may, on production (if so required) of his authority, exercise any of the powers specified in subsection (3) below for the purposes of the discharge of the functions of the Secretary of State under this Part.

(2)     Those powers are exercisable—

(a)     in relation to premises—

(i)     on which the inspector has reason to believe a person is keeping or has kept any genetically modified organisms, or

(ii)     from which he has reason to believe any such organisms have been released or have escaped; and

(b)     in relation to premises on which the inspector has reason to believe there may be harmful genetically modified organisms or evidence of damage to the environment caused by genetically modified organisms;

but they are not exercisable in relation to premises used wholly or mainly for domestic purposes.

(3)     The powers of an inspector are—

(a)     at any reasonable time (or, in a situation in which in his opinion there is an immediate risk of damage to the environment, at any time)—

(i)     to enter premises which he has reason to believe it is necessary for him to enter and to take with him any

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