Explanatory Notes

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

2024 asp 4

30 April 2024

The Act

Schedule—Investigatory powers of a local weights and measures authority

Power to break open container etc.

138.Paragraph 10 of the schedule enables a Trading Standards officer to break open containers in order to be able to inspect, copy or seize and retain items or documents where the officer reasonably suspects that an offence has been or is being committed. In this context, containers may be a variety of different things, ranging from a locked cupboard or safe to a computer hard drive or mobile phone.