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32.—(1) “Enforcement authority” means—
(a)a local weights and measures authority in Great Britain (within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985(1));
(b)the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland.
(2) An enforcement authority in Great Britain must enforce these Regulations within its area.
(3) The enforcement authority in Northern Ireland must enforce these Regulations within Northern Ireland.
(4) Nothing in this regulation authorises any enforcement authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence under these Regulations.
1985 c. 72: section 69 was amended by Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), Schedule 16, paragraph 75, and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 34), Schedule 13, paragraph 144.
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