Search and Entry Powers

HC Deb 21 June 1976 vol 913 cc379-81W

Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary State for Scotland if he will list every different circumstance in which officials of his Department, and of all public bodies ultimately answerable to himself, have search and entry powers into either the homes or the business premises of British citizens, with in each case reference to the appropriate statutory authority for the exercise of such powers.

Mr. Millan

My officials, and those of public bodies for which I am ultimately answerable, have powers under the following legislation to enter upon private property for the purposes of survey, inspection, examination or search:

POWERS OF SURVEY, INSPECTION, EXAMINATION OR SEARCH

• Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1943. Section 17.
• Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948, Section 82.
• Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949. Sections 18, 89.
• Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949, Section 12.
• Agriculture Act 1957, Section 5.
• Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964, Part III, Section 13 (as modified by the Grading of Horticultural Produce (Amendment) Regulations 1973).
• Agricultural Lime Scheme 1966.
• Agricultural Act 1967, Section 3.
• Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968. Section 6.
• Agriculture Act 1970, Sections 76 (Part IV), 106.
• Agricultural and Horticultural Cooperation Scheme 1971.
• Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972. Section 1.
• Beef Premiums (Protection of Payments) Order 1975.
• Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892, Various Sections.
• Calf Subsidies (Supervision and Enforcement) Order 1968.
• Cereals (Protection of Guarantees) Order 1971.
• Common Agricultural Policy (Protection of Community Arrangements) No. 2 Order 1973.
• Common Agricultural Policy (Agricultural Produce) (Protection of Community Arrangements) Regulations 1973.
• Conservation of Seals Act 1970, Sections 4, 11
• Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955, Section 30.
• Dairy Herd Conversion Premium Regulations 1973.
• Deer (Scotland) Act 1959, Sections 15^*, 27.
• Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932, Sections 2, 4, 5, 6.
• Development of Tourism Act 1969, Schedule 2.
• Diseases of Fish Act 1937, Section 6.
• Diseases of Animals Act 1950, Sections 1, 5, 6, 42, 51, 73.
• Diseases of Animals Act 1975, Section 2.
• Dumping at Sea Act 1974, Section 5.
• Education (Scotland) Act 1962, Section 67.

Electric Lighting Act 1882, Section 24.	Modified by the Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards Act 1954.)
Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899, Sections 52, 56.

• European Communities Act 1972, Section 2.
• Farm and Horticulture Development Regulations 1973.
• Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956, Sections 32, 36.†
• Forestry Act 1967, Section 48.
• Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 Section 9.
• Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974, Sections 19, 20‡ (as agents of the Health and Safety Executive).
• Herring Industry Scheme 1951.
• Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965, Section 10.
• Hill Farming Act 1946, Section 34.
• Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1975.
• Hill Livestock and Young Cattle (Compensatory Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1976.
• Horse Breeding Act 1958. Section 7
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• Ice Cream (Scotland) Regulations 1948.
• Illegal Trawling (Scotland) Act 1934, Section 5.
• Improvement of Livestock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931, Section 10.
• Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1930, Section 4.
• Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1941, Section 2.
• Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958, Section 11.
• Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919, Section 8.
• Medicines Act 1968, Sections 111, 112.
• Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960, Section 17.
• Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Act 1914, Section 20.
• Milk (Special Designations) (Scotland) Order 1965.
• Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Section 23.
• New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 42.
• Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938, Section 5 (as amended by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972, Schedule 6).
• Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act 1972, Section 15.
• Pests Act 1954, Section 1.
• Plant Health Act 1967, Section 3.
• Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, Section 25.
• Potatoes (Protection of Guarantee) Order 1959.
• Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949, Section 22.
• Prices Act 1974 (as amended by Prices Act 1965) (as agents for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food).
• Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, Section 18.
• Rabies Act 1974, Sections 1, 2.
• Radioactive Substances Act 1960, Section 12.
• Rag, Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951, Section 13.
• Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951, Section 20.
• Sale of Venison (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 2.
• Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1951, Section 11.
• Scottish Development Agency Act 1975, Section 10.
• Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, Section 16.
• Sea Fisheries Act 1968, Sections 7, 8.
• Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 48.
• Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1928, Section 4.
• Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1954, Section 6.
• Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967, Section 4.
• Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911, Section 7.
• Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 6.
• Weeds Act 1959, Section 4.
• ^* As amended by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1967.
• † As amended by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972, Section 74.
• ‡ As amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975.