Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/9
Timestamp: 2018-08-17 23:13:21
Document Index: 226747022

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 8', 'art. 3', 'art. 8', 'art. 3', 'art. 8', 'art. 4']

9 Enforcement of Act.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)It shall be the duty of every local weights and measures authority to enforce the provisions of this Act within their area; and section 26 of the Act of 1968 (enforcing authorities) shall apply in relation to the enforcement of this Act, by such an authority, as it applies in relation to the enforcement of that Act.
[F1(2A)For the investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures authority, the Council and an assay office for the purposes of the duty in subsection (1) and the power in subsection (2), see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.]
F1S. 9(2A) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 10(2); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i)
F2S. 9(3) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 10(3); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)
F3S. 9(4) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 10(3); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)
F4S. 9(7) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 10(3); S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i) (with art. 8)
C1Reference to Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland in s. 9(6) to be construed as reference to Department of Economic Development by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), Sch. 5 para. 8(1) and S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), art. 4, 5