(1)The following provisions of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (which provide for the enforcement of that Act by local weights and measures authorities or the relevant Northern Ireland Department) apply as if section 35ZA were a provision of that Act—
(a)section 27 (power to make test purchases);
(b)section 28 (power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and documents);
(c)section 29 (obstruction of authorised officers);
(d)section 33 (compensation for loss etc. of seized goods).
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 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)