Powers of Commissioner for purposes of inspection

(1) The Fommissioner or any other person authorised by him in writing for the purpose may, without notice enter any slaughter house or any place where animals, poultry or fish intended for food are exposed for sale or where articles of food are being manufactured or exposed for sale at any time by day or night, when the slaughter, exposure for sale or manufacture is being carried on and inspect the same and any utensil or vessel used for manufacturing, preparing or containing any such article.

1. (2) If the Commissioner or any other person so authorised by him has reason to believe that in any animal intended for human food is being slaughtered or any carcass is being skinned or cut up or that any food is being manufactured, stored prepared, packed, cleansed, kept or exposed for sale, or sold without, or otherwise than in conformity with a licence, he may enter any such place without notice, at any time by day or night for the purpose of satisfying himself whether any provision of any law or rules or bye-laws or regulations made thereunder or any conditions of licence is being contravened.
2. (3) No claim shall lie against the Commissioner or any person acting under his authority or the council for any damage or inconvenience necessarily caused by the exercise of power under this section or by the use of any force necessary for effecting an entry into any place under this section.
3. (4) In any legal proceedings in respect of powers exercised under this section in which it is alleged that any animal, poultry, fish or articles of food were not exposed for sale, manufactured, slaughtered, skinned, cut up, stored, prepared, packed, cleansed kept for sale, sold or were not intended for human food, the burden of proof shall lie on the party so alleging.