Regulation 4 Application of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968

(1)

The following provisions of the Act of 1968 shall (with necessary modifications) apply in relation to an offence under these Regulations as they apply in relation to an offence under that Act (modified where appropriate in relation to Northern Ireland by section 40(1) of that Act^f1), that is to say sections 18^f2, 19^f3, 20, and 24.

(2)

The following provisions of the Act of 1968 shall (with necessary modifications) apply in relation to the enforcement of these Regulations as they apply in relation to the enforcement of that Act (modified where appropriate in relation to Northern Ireland by section 40(1) of that Act), that is to say sections 26^f4, 27, 28^f5, 29^f6 and 30(1).

(3)

Section 33 of the Act of 1968 (modified in relation to Northern Ireland by section 40(1) of that Act) shall apply in relation to compensation for goods seized and detained under these Regulations as it applies to compensation for goods seized and detained under that Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 40(1) was amended by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 74, by S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26), article 170(2) and Schedule 6, Part I, paragraph 13 and by S.I. 1980/704 (N.I. 6), article 12 and Schedule 1, Part II, paragraph 43.
f2: Section 18 was amended by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, section 32(2).
f3: Section 19 was amended by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, section 154 and Schedule 7, paragraph 75.
f4: Section 26 was amended by the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72), sections 96(1) and 98(1), Schedule 11, paragraph 18(2) and Schedule 13, Part I; and by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), sections 1(4) and 194, Schedule 4, paragraph 10(a) and Schedule 34, Part IV.
f5: Section 28 was amended by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), section 192(3)(a) and Schedule 4, Part I, paragraph 28.
f6: Section 29 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), sections 38 and 46.