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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-market-surveillance-northern-ireland-regulations-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348224641",
  "legislation_title": "The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-market-surveillance-northern-ireland-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Enforcement powers under the 1978 Order",
  "text": "(1) An Article of the 1978 Order listed in sub-paragraph (2) applies, as modified by paragraph 3, for the purposes of the enforcement of the MSC Regulation in relation to a product to which these Regulations apply if, and to the extent that, the Article applies for the purposes of the HSAW enforcer in relation to a relevant product.\n(2) Those Articles are—\n(a) Article 21 (appointment of inspectors);\n(b) Article 22 (powers of inspectors);\n(c) Article 23 (improvement notices);\n(d) Article 24 (prohibition notices);\n(e) Article 25 (provisions supplementary to Articles 23 and 24);\n(f) Article 26 (appeal against improvement or prohibition notice);\n(g) Article 27 (power to deal with cause of imminent danger);\n(h) Article 27A (power of customs officer to detain articles and substances);\n(i) Article 28 (power of enforcing authorities to indemnify inspectors);\n(j) Article 29 (obtaining of information by the Executive, enforcing authorities etc);\n(k) Article 29A (information communicated by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs);\n(l) Article 30 (restrictions on disclosure of information);\n(m) Article 31 (offences);\n(n) Article 32 (extension of time for bringing summary proceedings);\n(o) Article 33 (venue);\n(p) Article 36 (prosecution by inspectors);\n(q) Article 38 (evidence);\n(r) Article 39 (power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied and, in certain cases, forfeiture).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348224641/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:01.861928+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."
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