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(1)Every local weights and measures authority in England or Wales—
(a)must enforce section 3 in its area, and
(b)may enforce that section elsewhere in England or Wales.
(2)A district council that is not a local weights and measures authority may enforce section 3 in England (both inside and outside the council’s district).
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) a breach of section 3 occurs in the area in which the premises demised by the lease are located (and where the premises are located in more than one area, the breach is taken to have occurred in each of those areas).
(4)The duty imposed and power conferred by this section are subject to section 9(8).
(5)In this Act, “enforcement authority” means—
(a)a local weights and measures authority in England or Wales, or
(b)a district council that is not a local weights and measures authority.
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