Mr. Tim Drea:

We do not bring them with us normally. Since IHRB's officers are authorised, they are not new at the role of authorised officer. Part of the commitment we gave them was that our staff would accompany them and work with them so that they could get up to speed on aspects of the job, such as searching and seizing products. We intend that the authorised officers from IHRB will serve as extra authorised officers for the Minister and that this will give us more scope to be on more premises and to have a better chance of finding product. We often must find product before we can go down the legal route.