{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equipment-theft-prevention-act-2023/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equipment-theft-prevention-act-2023/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/34",
  "legislation_title": "Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equipment-theft-prevention-act-2023",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) sells equipment in breach of regulations under section 1, or\n(b) fails to record or keep information in accordance with regulations under section 2.\n(2) A person that commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.\n(3) An enforcement authority may enforce regulations under section 1 or 2 in their area.\n(4) For the powers available to an enforcement authority for the purposes of enforcing regulations under section 1 or 2, see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (investigatory powers of enforcers etc).\n(5) “Enforcement authority” means—\n(a) a local weights and measures authority, or\n(b) a district council that is not a local weights and measures authority.\n(6) In paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (duties and powers under which enforcement powers may be exercised), at the end insert—\n“section 3 of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 20.1.2024, see s. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/34/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:02.431939+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."
}