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Regulation 24 Notice of test and intended proceedings

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Where goods purchased by an officer pursuant to regulation 20 are submitted to a test and the test leads to the institution of any proceedings for a breach of these Regulations the officer shall inform—

(a)

the person from whom the goods were purchased, or

(b)

where the goods were sold through a vending machine, the person mentioned in regulation 21(3)(b),

of the result of the test.

(2)

Where goods seized by an officer pursuant to regulation 21 are submitted to a test then the officer shall inform the person mentioned in regulation 21(3) of the result of the test.

(3)

Where, as a result of the test, any proceedings in respect of a breach of these Regulations are taken against any person, the officer shall allow him to have the goods tested on his behalf if it is reasonably practicable to do so.