TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 37 Inspectors and powers of entry.

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 37

Inspectors and powers of entry.

37.(1) For the purposes of Parts II and III and this Part the Ministry may
appoint such inspectors as the Ministry may with the consent of the Ministry
of Finance determine, and may pay to them such salaries or remuneration as may
be so determined.

(2) An inspector appointed under this Part shall, for the purposes of the
enforcement of Parts II and III and this Part, have power to

(a)enter and inspect any motor vehicle used for the carriage of passengers or
goods by road for reward, and for that purpose may stop and detain the vehicle
during such time as is required for the inspection;

(b)enter, at any time which is reasonable having regard to the circumstances,
any premises in or on which he has reason to believe that a motor vehicle used
for the carriage of passengers or goods by road for reward is kept;

(c)enter, at any time which is reasonable having regard to the circumstances,
any premises which he has reason to believe are used in connection with the
carriage of passengers or goods by road for reward.

(3) If a justice of the peace, on sworn information in writing, is satisfied

(a)that an inspector appointed under this section has been refused admission
to any premises which he has a right to enter under subsection (2), or that
such a refusal is apprehended, and that notice of the intention to apply for
the warrant has been given to the occupier; or

(b)that an application for admission to the premises, or the giving of such a
notice, would defeat the object of the entry, or that the premises are
unoccupied or that the owner is temporarily absent;

(4) An inspector entering any premises under this section may take with him
such other persons as appear to him to be necessary.

(5) On leaving any premises which he has entered under this section, being
premises which are unoccupied or the occupier of which is temporarily absent,
an inspector shall leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised
entry as he found them.

(6) If any inspector or other person who enters any work-place under this
section discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the
work-place with regard to any manufacturing process or trade secret he shall,
unless the disclosure was made in the course of his duty, be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and
such imprisonment;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years, with or without a fine.

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 37