Regulation 14 Enforcement

(1)

F1Subject to paragraph (1A), it shall be the duty of an enforcement authority in its area to—

(a)

enforce the provisions of Part 2; and

(b)

carry out market surveillance duties under the 2008 Regulation, as it applies to construction products, and under the 2011 Regulation.

F2(1A)

If the Secretary of State is acting in their capacity as an enforcement authority the Secretary of State may—

(a)

enforce the provisions of Part 2; and

(b)

carry out market surveillance duties under the 2008 Regulation, as it applies to construction products, and under the 2011 Regulation.

(2)

A local weights and measures authority in England and Wales shall be competent to investigate and prosecute in respect of any offence under Part 2 that was committed outside its area in any part of England and Wales.

F3(3)

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(4)

Nothing in this regulation shall authorise an enforcement authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 14(1) inserted (20.7.2022) by The Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/712), regs. 1(3), 2(6)(a)
F2: Reg. 14(1A) inserted (20.7.2022) by The Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/712), regs. 1(3), 2(6)(b)
F3: Reg. 14(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/465, Sch. 2 para. 8 (as substituted by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1359), reg. 1, Sch. 2)