{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110811574",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-protection-from-unfair-trading-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Notice of test and intended proceedings",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) the person from whom the goods were purchased, or\n(b) where the goods were sold through a vending machine, the person mentioned in regulation 21(3)(b),\nof the result of the test.\n(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.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110811574/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:40.557752+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}