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Consumer rights - investigatory powers and duties Power
- Description
- A local authority has enforcement powers and duties in relation to the following legislation under the Act, if and where applicable to that Authority and where allowed for by the Act.
section 26(1) or 40(1)(b) of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (including as applied by regulation 8(3) of the Crystal Glass (Descriptions) Regulations 1973 (SI 1973/1952) and regulation 10(2) of the Footwear (Indication of Composition) Labelling Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/2489));
section 9(1) or (6) of the Hallmarking Act 1973;
paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Prices Act 1974 (including as read with paragraph 14(1) of that Schedule);
section 161(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;
section 26(1) of the Estate Agents Act 1979;
section 16A(1) or (4) of the Video Recordings Act 1984;
section 27(1) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (including as applied by section 12(1) of the Fireworks Act 2003 to fireworks regulations under that Act);
section 215(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
section 107A(1) or (3) or 198A(1) or (3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3288);
section 30(4) or (7) or 31(4)(a) of the Clean Air Act 1993;
paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Sunday Trading Act 1994;
section 93(1) or (3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994;
section 8A(1) or (3) of the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995;
paragraph 2(a) or 3(1) of Schedule 15 to the Lifts Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/831);
regulation 5C(5) of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/3107);
paragraph 1(1)(b) or (2)(b) or 2 of Schedule 9 to the Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/730);
paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 10 to the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1144);
section 3(1) of the Christmas Day Trading Act 2004;
regulation 10(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1803);
regulation 10(1) of the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/659);
regulation 17 of the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Discontinuous Totalisers) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1255);
regulation 18 of the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Railweighbridges) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1256);
regulation 20 of the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1257);
regulation 18 of the Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1258);
regulation 18 of the Measuring Instruments (Beltweighers) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1259);
regulation 16 of the Measuring Instruments (Capacity Serving Measures) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1264);
regulation 17 of the Measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1266);
regulation 16 of the Measuring Instruments (Material Measures of Length) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1267);
regulation 17 of the Measuring Instruments (Cold-water Meters) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1268);
regulation 18 of the Measuring Instruments (Liquid Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1269);
regulation 13(1) or (1A) of the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1276);
regulation 19(1) or (1A) of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1277);
paragraph 2 or 5 of Schedule 5 to the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1597);
regulation 32(2) or (3) of the Timeshare, Holiday Products, Resale and Exchange Contracts Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2960);
regulation 11 of the Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1102);
regulation 6(1) of the Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1478);
[regulation 23(1) of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3134);] 5
section 87(1) of this Act;
section 93(1) or (2) of this Act
regulation 7(1) of the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015
regulation 52(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1091)
[regulation 55(1) or (2) of the Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1092)
[regulation 41(1) or (2) of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1101);
regulation 67(1) or (2) of the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1105)
Section 35ZA of the Registered Designs Act 1949
The Measuring Container Bottles (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977 (SI 1977/932)
The Weights and Measures Act 1985 and regulations and orders made under that Act
The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/186)
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 so far as it relates to a relevant regulated activity within the meaning of section 107(4)(a) of the Financial Services Act 2012 and
The Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/3236).
- Modified
- 18 Mar 2024
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- Live
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