Schedules

Schedule 1Documents to be served in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules

I19Weights and Measures Act 1985

In section 83 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (prosecution of offences)—

a

in subsection (4), after “person” insert

—

a

if the proceedings are to be instituted in England and Wales, in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules; or

b

if the proceedings are to be instituted in Scotland,

b

after that subsection insert—

4A

For the purposes of subsection (4)(a)—

a

Criminal Procedure Rules (as they have effect from time to time) apply to the notice as if it were a document to be served in criminal proceedings before a magistrates’ court, and

b

any magistrates’ court may discharge functions conferred on a court by those Rules in relation to such service.