Regulation 7(2)
1.—(1) For the purposes of providing for the enforcement of these Regulations —
(a)sections 14, 15, 31, 32, 37, 44 and 47 of the 1987 Act apply and, in respect of proceedings for contravention of those sections, as if—
(i)references to safety provisions and to Part II of the 1987 Act were references to these Regulations;
(ii)references to goods were references to packaging; and
(iii)in section 14, in sub-section (6), for “six months” there were substituted “three months”;
(b)sections 39 and 40 of the 1987 Act apply to offences under section 32 of that Act as it is applied to these Regulations by sub-paragraph (a);
(c)in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland, a magistrates’ court may try an information in respect of an offence committed under these Regulations if the information is laid within 12 months from the time when the offence is committed; and
(d)in Scotland summary proceedings for an offence committed under these Regulations may be begun at any time within 12 months from the time when the offence is committed.
2. Nothing in this Schedule authorises any enforcement authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.
3. An enforcement authority must, whenever the Secretary of State so directs, make a report to the Secretary of State on the exercise of the functions exercisable by that authority under these Regulations.