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Paragraph 34 I1I2I3

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

If an officer of an enforcer has entered premises under the power in paragraph 23(1) or under a warrant under paragraph 32, the officer may require any person on the premises to provide such assistance or information as the officer reasonably considers necessary.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (3) applies if an officer of a domestic enforcer has entered premises under the power in paragraph 23(1) or under a warrant under paragraph 32 for the purposes of the enforcement of—

(a)

the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/659), or

(b)

the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (SR 2011/331).

(3)

The officer may, in particular, require any person on the premises to provide such information as the person possesses about the name and address of the packer and of any importer of a package which the officer finds on the premises.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3) “importer”, “package” and “packer” have the same meaning as in—

(a)

the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (see regulation 2), in the case of a domestic enforcer in Great Britain, or

(b)

the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (see regulation 2), in the case of a domestic enforcer in Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 5 para. 34 in force at 27.5.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1333, art. 2(a)

I2

Sch. 5 para. 34 in force at 27.5.2015 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2015/965, art. 2(b)

I3

Sch. 5 para. 34 in force at 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(h) (with art. 8)

Notes on Schedule 5

Modifications

C1

Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (8.12.2016) by The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1091), reg. 1, Sch. 7 para. 3 (with regs. 74, 75(5))

C2

Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (26.12.2017) by The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1206), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 3 (with regs. 3-5, 77)

C3

Sch. 5: power to amend conferred (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 180(3)(a), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

Notes on Part 4

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/203), regs. 1, 4(7) (with reg. 9) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1347, regs. 1(3), 3(8)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 4 heading substituted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 18 para. 11(7) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(9)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 5 Pt. 4: powers extended in part (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 319, 339(1); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(4)