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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Investigatory powers etc.

PART 4Further powers exercisable by domestic enforcers and EU enforcers

Power to inspect products etc

25(1)The officer may inspect any product on the premises.

(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 regulation 37(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3418).

(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.