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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1093",
  "legislation_title": "The Lifts Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Enforcement powers under the 1974 Act",
  "text": "For the purposes of enforcing these Regulations, the following sections of the 1974 Act apply subject to the modifications in paragraph 2—\n(a) Section 10(1) (establishment of the Executive);\n(b) section 19 (appointment of inspectors);\n(c) section 20 (powers of inspectors);\n(d) section 21 (improvement notices);\n(e) section 22 (prohibition notices);\n(f) section 23 (provisions supplementary to ss 21 and 22);\n(g) section 24 (appeal against improvement or prohibition notice);\n(h) section 25 (power to deal with cause of imminent danger);\n(i) section 25A (power of customs officer to detain articles and substances);\n(j) section 26 (power of enforcing authorities to indemnify inspectors);\n(k) section 27 (obtaining of information by the Executive, enforcing authorities etc);\n(l) section 27A (information communicated by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs);\n(m) section 28 (restrictions on disclosure of information);\n(n) section 33 (offences);\n(o) section 34 (extension of time for bringing summary proceedings);\n(p) section 35 (venue);\n(q) section 39 (prosecution by inspectors);\n(r) section 41 (evidence); and\n(s) section 42 (power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied or, in certain cases, forfeiture).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1093/schedule/8/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:14.209632+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."
}