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(1) Subject to these Regulations, where an enforcement authority has reasonable  cause to suspect that an offence has been or is being committed, that authority may

(a) at any reasonable time enter premises other than a dwelling place,  and inspect any appliance,                

(b) require a person engaged in a business or employed in connection with a business to produce a record in respect of an appliance,   

(c) seize an appliance, that is not properly labelled or that is labelled in a deceptive or misleading manner,     

(d) seize and detain an appliance to enable a test to be carried out,    

(e) seize and retain a record to be used as evidence in proceedings in respect of an offence under these Regulations,  

(f) cause a container to be opened for the purpose of inspection, and 

(g) Break open a container where it was not practicable to do so under paragraph (f).                                                 

(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1) (b) and (e) the enforcement authority may require information stored electronically to be made available to the authority in printed form.