Authority

All officers have the powers conferred by the Medicines Act 1968 and subordinate legislation in applying the Act.

These include the right to enter any premises to inspect, to take samples and to require production of any books or documents, to take copies of, or of any entry in, any such book or document for the purposes specified in sections 111 and 112 of that Act, or in subordinate legislation applying those sections.

Similar powers are given to inspectors by the Misuse of Drugs Act, The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Pharmacy Order and Poisons Order.

Officers operate to the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (PACE) and the PACE Codes of Practice.