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Regulation 5 Transfer of enforcement dutyI1

Scotland

(1)

The enforcement duty in Scotland is hereby transferred to the chief constable of each police force and shall be the duty of every chief constable in relation to the police area for which the force in question is maintainedf1.

(2)

Every weights and measures authority having the enforcement duty in relation to any area in Scotland is hereby relieved of the enforcement duty.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 5 in force at 7.10.2004, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

The expressions “chief constable”, “police force” and “police area” are defined, in relation to Scotland, in Schedule 1 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) and section 50 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77).