# Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995, Section 8A: Enforcement by trading standards authority

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A local weights and measures authority may enforce within their area the provisions of section 8.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to the enforcement of section 8 in Northern Ireland; but—
(a) the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment may enforce that section in Northern Ireland, ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising a local weights and measures authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/32/section/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/olympic-symbol-etc-protection-act-1995/section-8A
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