Paragraph 12

United Kingdom

For the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations by local weights and measures authorities, Northern Ireland district councils or the Secretary of State, and in respect of any related proceedings for contravention of these Regulations, the provisions specified in paragraph 11 shall apply as if—

(a)

references to safety provisions were references to these Regulations;

(b)

references to goods were references to machinery or partly completed machinery, or a machine or partly completed machine, as the context may require;

(c)

references to an “enforcement authority” were to the local weights and measures authority or Northern Ireland district council concerned, or to the Secretary of State, as appropriate;

(d)

in section 14, in subsection (6), for “six months” there were substituted “ three months ”;

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(g)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 5 para. 12(e)-(h) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1630), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 119 (with art. 8)