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(5) Where a sample of any thing is taken away by an authorized officer under subsection (2) for the purposes of examination and investigation, the Director may, after the examination and investigation, direct that the sample be returned to its owner or to the premises from which it was taken or disposed of in such other way as he considers appropriate.

33. Power to enter any premises, etc. in other cases

(1) Where a warrant has been issued under section 34 in respect of any premises, an authorized officer may enter the premises and exercise any or all of the following powers—

(a) to stop and search any person found at the premises whom he reasonably believes to have committed or is committing an offence under section 6, 7, 8 or 9;

(b) to require the production of, inspect and examine—

(i) any thing that is or he reasonably believes to be a scheduled chemical; or

(ii) any thing that contains or he reasonably believes to contain any such chemical, including any thing that he reasonably believes to have any such chemical as its part;

(c) to require the production or provision of, inspect and examine—

(i) any permit or other document to which any scheduled chemical relates, including any document that relates to the origin or nature of such chemical; and

(ii) any other document or information or any other thing that he reasonably believes to be or contain evidence of the commission of an offence under section 6, 7, 8 or 9;

(d) to take and make copies of any permit, document and information referred to in paragraph (c);

(e) to seize, remove and detain any thing that he reasonably believes to be or contain evidence of the commission of an offence under section 6, 7, 8 or 9.

(2) A person commits an offence if he—

(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1)(b) or (c); or

(b) wilfully obstructs an authorized officer in the exercise of any power conferred under subsection (1).

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.