Paragraph 9 Weights and Measures Act 1985I1

in subsection (4), after “person” insert

“—

(a)

if the proceedings are to be instituted in England and Wales, in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules; or

(b)

if the proceedings are to be instituted in Scotland,”;

after that subsection insert—

“(4A)

For the purposes of subsection (4)(a)—

(a)

Criminal Procedure Rules (as they have effect from time to time) apply to the notice as if it were a document to be served in criminal proceedings before a magistrates’ court, and

(b)

any magistrates’ court may discharge functions conferred on a court by those Rules in relation to such service.”