Regulation 3 Amendment of the Consumer Rights Act 2015I1
United Kingdom
Schedule 5 (investigatory powers etc.) to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 M1 is amended as follows.
In paragraph 4 (EU enforcers)—
at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “or”;
at the end of sub-paragraph (j), omit the full stop and insert “ , ”;
after sub-paragraph (j) insert—
“(k)the Department for Infrastructure,
(l)the Maritime and Coastguard Agency,
(m)the Office of Rail and Road, or
(n)the Office for the Traffic Commissioner.”
In paragraph 8 (interpretation of other terms), at the appropriate place, insert—
““interim online interface order” means an order under section 218ZC of that Act;
“online interface order” means an order under section 218ZB of that Act;”.
In paragraph 13 (exercise of powers in this Part), in sub-paragraph (2), in paragraph (d), for “an enforcement order or an interim enforcement order” substitute “ an enforcement order, an interim enforcement order, an online interface order or an interim online interface order ”.
In paragraph 20 (exercise of powers in this Part: EU enforcers)—
in sub-paragraph (2), for “paragraphs 21 to 25” substitute “ paragraphs 22 to 25 ”;
in sub-paragraph (3), in paragraph (b), for “an enforcement order or an interim enforcement order” substitute “ an enforcement order, an interim enforcement order, an online interface order or an interim online interface order ”;
after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A)An EU enforcer may exercise the power in paragraph 21 (power to purchase products) for either of the following purposes—
(a)the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), if the condition in sub-paragraph (3) is met, or
(b)to obtain a product for use as evidence in proceedings under Part 8 of the Enterprise Act 2002.”
Annotations
Marginal citations
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2015 c. 15. Schedule 5 amended by S.I. 2015/1640, S.I. 2015/1726, the Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), section 25(2), the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), section 132(4), S.I. 2016/1091, S.I. 2016/1092, S.I. 2016/1093, S.I. 2016/1101, S.I. 2016/1105, S.I. 2016/1152, S.I. 2016/1153, S.I. 2016/1259, S.I. 2017/737 and S.I. 2018/634. There are amendments to other provisions of the Act, but those amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.