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PETROLEUM (CONSOLIDATION) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1929 - SECT 16

16.(1) A government inspector shall have power to make such examination and
inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act or
of any regulations made thereunder are complied with, and for that purpose

(a)he may enter, inspect, and examine at all reasonable times by day any
licensed premises, and every part thereof, and any premises in which any
petroleum-spirit is kept, or is suspected by him to be kept, in contravention
of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made therunder; and

(b)he may require the occupier of any premises which he is so entitled to
enter, or a person employed therein by the occupier, to give him samples of
any petroleum on the premises.

(2) The occupier of any such premises as aforesaid, his agents and servants,
shall furnish the means required by a government inspector as being necessary
for every such entry, inspection and examination which he is entitled under
this section to make.

(3) If any person fails to permit a government inspector to enter, inspect or
examine as aforesaid, or to comply with any such requisition of a
government inspector as aforesaid, or in any manner obstructs a
government inspector in the execution of his duties, that person shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or on
conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

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