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(1)Where it appears to the Secretary of State expedient that any description of telecommunication apparatus should be marked with or accompanied by any information or instruction relating to the apparatus or its connection or use, the Secretary of State may by order impose requirements for securing that apparatus of that description is so marked or accompanied, and regulate or prohibit the supply of any such apparatus with respect to which the requirements are not complied with; and the requirements may extend to the form and manner in which the information or instruction is to be given.
(2)Where an order under this section is in force with respect to telecommunication apparatus of any description, any person who, in the course of any trade or business, supplies or offers to supply telecommunication apparatus of that description in contravention of the order shall, subject to subsection (3) below, be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(3)Subsections (4) to (6) of section 5 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.
(4)An order under this section may, in the case of telecommunication apparatus supplied in circumstances where the in formation or instruction required by the order would not be conveyed until after delivery, require the whole or part thereof to be also displayed near the apparatus.
(5)For the purposes of this section a person exposing telecommunication apparatus for supply or having telecommunication apparatus in his possession for supply shall be deemed to offer to supply it
(6)In this section and section 29 below " supply " shall be construed in accordance with section 9 of the [1978 c. 38.] Consumer Safety Act 1978.
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