PART 2Information requirements

CHAPTER 2Offences

Duty to enforce23

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)—

a

it is the duty of every weights and measures authority in Great Britain to enforce regulation 19 within its area; and

b

it is the duty of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland to enforce regulation 19 within Northern Ireland.

2

No proceedings for an offence under regulation 19 may be instituted in England and Wales except by or on behalf of an enforcement authority.

3

Nothing in paragraph (1) authorises any weights and measures authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.