{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/olympic-symbol-etc-protection-act-1995/section-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/olympic-symbol-etc-protection-act-1995/section-8A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/32",
  "legislation_title": "Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/olympic-symbol-etc-protection-act-1995",
  "path": "section/8A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Enforcement by trading standards authority",
  "text": "(1) A local weights and measures authority may enforce within their area the provisions of section 8.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to the enforcement of section 8 in Northern Ireland; but—\n(a) the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment may enforce that section in Northern Ireland, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3A) For the investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures authority or the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland for the purposes of the powers in this section, see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.\n(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising a local weights and measures authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8A added (2.4.2007) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12), s. 40(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(1) (with s. 40(5)); S.I. 2007/1064, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8A(2) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 60(2); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 8A(3)(b) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 60(3); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 8A(3A) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 60(4); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/32/section/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:54.576850+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."
}