Section 35ZB Section 35ZA: enforcementF1

United Kingdom

F2(1)

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(F31A)

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 enforcement of section 35ZA, see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

(2)

Any enactment which authorises the disclosure of information for the purpose of facilitating the enforcement of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 applies—

(a)

as if section 35ZA were a provision of that Act, and

(b)

as if the functions of any person in relation to the enforcement of that section were functions under that Act.

(3)

Nothing in this section is to be construed as authorising a local weights and measures authority to bring proceedings in Scotland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 35ZA-35ZD inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 13, 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch. (as amended by The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2329), regs. 1, 3) (as amended (1.10.2014) by The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2329), regs. 1, 3)
F2: S. 35ZB(1) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 1(2); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)
F3: S. 35ZB(1A) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 1(3); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i)