Regulation 7 Enforcement

No proceedings for an offence under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in respect of a contravention of regulation 8 by reason of the requirements of regulation 3 being not satisfied shall be brought in England or Wales except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions and in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

Regulations 3, 4 and 6 do not apply in any case in which the cosmetic product is supplied for the purposes of exporting that product to any country which is not a member State of the European Economic Community.

Regulation 6(5) does not apply in any case in which the person supplying the cosmetic product reasonably believes that it will not be used in the United Kingdom.