71 Inspection of local weights and measures arrangements.E+W+S
(1)The Secretary of State may from time to time cause an inspection to be made of, or of any part of, any such arrangements as are mentioned in section 70 above.
(2)Any such inspection shall be carried out by an officer of the Secretary of State authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.
(3)The officer—
(a)may examine any equipment or records kept in connection with those arrangements,
(b)may require any inspector having duties under those arrangements to give such assistance and information as the officer may reasonably specify, and
(c)may make reasonable enquiries of any person who appears to the officer likely to be able to give him information concerning the operation of those arrangements.
(4)The officer by whom any inspection under this section is made shall report its results in writing to the Secretary of State.
(5)The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the report to any local weights and measures authority concerned and to any chief inspector responsible for the operation of all or any of the arrangements inspected.
(6)The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, publish any such report in whole or in part.