SCHEDULE 4Enforcement

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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

F2in 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

F1in 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.