{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-2004/regulation-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-2004/regulation-2A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1468",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Information (Household Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-information-household-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Enforcement authority",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations the enforcement authority means—\n(a) for the purpose of enforcing regulation 11 (dealers’ duty in respect of displayed appliances) and regulation 12 (information in respect of mail order and other distance selling), in relation to England, Wales and Scotland, the local weights and measures authority, and in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; and\n(b) for the purpose of enforcing regulation 6 (placing on the Community market: technical documentation), regulation 7 (suppliers’ duties in respect of labels), regulation 8 (suppliers’ duties in respect of information sheets), regulation 9 (suppliers’ duty in respect of the accuracy of information) and regulation 13 (misleading information), the Secretary of State.\n(2) The Secretary of State may appoint any person to act on the Secretary of State’s behalf for the purposes of regulation 2A(1)(b), subject to any limitations or conditions as the Secretary of State sees fit.\n(3) Where the Secretary of State appoints a person under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must publish details—\n(a) identifying that person, and\n(b) of the extent of the authorisation, including any limitations or conditions,\non the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2A inserted (15.10.2009) by The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2559), regs. 1(b), 8(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1468/regulation/2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:24:24.558808+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."
}