25(1)The officer may inspect any product on the premises.U.K.
(2)The power in sub-paragraph (3) is also available to an officer of a domestic enforcer acting pursuant to the duty in section 27(1) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or regulation 10(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1803).
(3)The officer may examine any procedure (including any arrangements for carrying out a test) connected with the production of a product.
(4)The powers in sub-paragraph (5) are also available to an officer of a domestic enforcer acting pursuant to—
(a)the duty in regulation 10(1) of the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/659) (“the (“2006 Regulations”), or
(b)the duty in regulation 10(1) of the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (SR 2011/331) (“the 2011 Regulations”).
(5)The officer may inspect and take copies of, or of anything purporting to be—
(a)a record of a kind mentioned in regulation 5(2) or 9(1), or
(b)evidence of a kind mentioned in regulation 9(3).
(6)The references in sub-paragraph (5) to regulations are to regulations in the 2006 Regulations in the case of a domestic enforcer in Great Britain or the 2011 Regulations in the case of a domestic enforcer in Northern Ireland.
(7)The powers in sub-paragraph (8) are also available to an officer of a domestic enforcer acting pursuant to the duty in [F1regulation 52(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations (S.I. 2016/1091)].
(8)The officer may—
(a)inspect any apparatus or fixed installation (as defined in those Regulations), or
(b)examine any procedure (including any arrangements for carrying out a test) connected with the production of apparatus.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 5 para. 25(7) substituted (8.12.2016) by The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1091), regs. 1, 76(4)(c) (with reg. 75(3))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 25 in force at 27.5.2015 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2015/965, art. 2(b)
I2Sch. 5 para. 25 in force at 27.5.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1333, art. 2(a)
I3Sch. 5 para. 25 in force at 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(h) (with art. 8)