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SEEDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 8

8.(1) This section shall not authorise entry into any premises which are used
exclusively as a private dwelling.

(2) For the purpose of exercising

(a)the powers conferred by subsections (3) and (4), or

(b)any powers of calling for, inspecting or taking copies of records or other
documents conferred by seeds regulations,

(3) A person may, on any lands (including any premises or vehicle or vessel)
which he has power under this section to enter for the purpose of exercising
the powers conferred by this sub-section, examine any seeds which he finds
there and may without payment take samples of any seeds so found.

(4) The owner of any seeds which are offered or exposed for sale, or are
stored for purposes of sale, or any person authorised to sell those seeds, may
be required by an authorised officer to deliver to him such a statement, if
any, as the person selling them would by seeds regulations be obliged to
deliver to a purchaser of those seeds, and to deliver it within the time
prescribed for such a statement.

(5) If any person fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (4) he
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction [to a
fine not exceeding #100].

(6) This section shall apply as respects all kinds of seeds in respect of
which an offence may under any circumstances be committed under seeds
regulations as for the time being in force.

(7) A person who wilfully obstructs or impedes any person acting in the
exercise of the powers conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty
pounds.

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