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Section 32

Power to stop and search conveyances

of Pesticides Act 1974

ActIn forceProvision 34 of 73
Section 32
(1)

If an authorized officer has reasonable suspicion that a conveyance is carrying a pesticide in contravention of this Act or the rules or regulations or in respect of which an offence against this Act or the rules or regulations is being or has been committed, he may stop and examine the conveyance and seize any pesticide found therein in respect of which the contravention or offence is suspected to be or to have been committed and any book or document that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the contravention or of the commission of the offence.

(2)

The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the authorized officer—

(a)

stop the conveyance and allow the authorized officer to examine it; and

(b)

open all parts of the conveyance for examination and take all measures to enable or facilitate the carrying out of such examination as the authorized officer considers necessary, and if he fails to do so he commits an offence.