The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993

Failure to comply with a notice

27.—(1) If any person fails to comply with the requirements of a notice served or having effect as if served under this Order then, without prejudice to any proceedings consequent upon such failure, an inspector may, subject to Article 28, and on production if so required of his authority, at all reasonable times for the purposes of this Order enter any premises in which any plant pest, plant, plant product or other object to which the notice relates may be present and take or cause to be taken such steps as appear to him to be necessary either to ensure compliance with the requirements of the notice or to remedy the consequences of the failure to carry them out and all reasonable costs of taking such steps shall be recoverable by the appropriate Minister as a debt from the person on whom the notice was served.

(2) An inspector entering any premises under paragraph (1) of this Article may take with him such persons, including, but not limited to, representatives of the European Commission, and such equipment and vehicles as are necessary for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of his powers under that paragraph, and such other persons whether or not accompanied by the inspector, upon production if so required of their authority given in that behalf by an inspector, may remain on the land and from time to time re-enter with such equipment and vehicles as aforesaid, and carry out such work for the purposes aforesaid and in such manner as the inspector may direct.