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Version date: 1 June 2023 - onwards
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Regulation 7 Powers of authorised officers.

(1) An authorised officer may do one or more than one of the following for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the SEPA Regulation or these Regulations, as the case may be:

(a) subject to Regulation 8(1), at all reasonable times enter any place at which the authorised officer reasonably believes there are relevant records;

(b) subject to Regulation 8(1), enter any place without prior notice, at which the authorised officer reasonably believes that a person to whom the SEPA Regulation or these Regulations, as the case may be, apply, is carrying on, or has carried on, activities which are relevant to the SEPA Regulation, in order to ensure that obligations in relation to payment accessibility (as set out in Article 9 of the SEPA Regulation) are being complied with;

(c) search and inspect a place and any relevant records at that place;

(d) secure for later inspection any place, or any part of any place, for such a period as may reasonably be necessary for the purposes of the exercise of his or her powers under this Part;