# Education Reform Act 1988, Section 215: Unrecognised degrees: enforcement.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) It shall be the duty of every local weights and measures authority to enforce the provisions of section 214 of this Act within their area; and such an authority shall, whenever the appropriate authority so directs, make to the appropriate authority a report on the exercise of their functions under this section and section 214 of this Act in such form and containing such particulars as the appropriate authority may direct.
(1A) For the investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures authority for the purposes of the duty to enforce imposed by subsection (1), see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
(1B) “The appropriate authority” means—
(a) in the case of a weights and measures authority in England, the Secretary of State,
(b) in the case of a weights and measures authority in Wales, the Welsh Ministers, and
(c) in the case of a weights and measures authority in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.
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(9) Nothing in this section shall be taken as authorising a local weights and measures authority in Scotland to institute proceedings for an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/40/section/215 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/section-215
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