Notices to local weights and measures authorities11
1
Subject to paragraph (4), it shall be the duty of—
a
the packer of packages which are marked with the E-mark and which he intends to export from the United Kingdom,
b
a person who intends to import packages which are so marked and to export them from the United Kingdom to another Member State, or
c
a person who intends to import packages, to mark them with the E-mark and to export them as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b),
to give to the local weights and measures authority for the area in which the packages were packed or in which the place of intended import is situated, a notice in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
A notice under paragraph (1)—
a
shall be given in writing before the expiry of the day on which—
i
in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a), the packages in question are marked with the E-mark, or
ii
in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b) or (c), the packages in question are imported; and
b
shall specify the place where the packages were packed or the place of intended import.
3
Where a person has given a notice pursuant to paragraph (1), an inspector may serve a notice in writing on that person requiring him to provide to the inspector such further information about the packages as is specified in the notice.
4
A person shall be under no duty to give a notice under paragraph (1) if:
a
the place where the packages were packed or the place to which he intends to import the packages, has already been specified by him in a previous notice to a local weights and measures authority given pursuant to paragraph (1); and
b
he has not, since that previous notice was given, informed that local weights and measures authority that he no longer uses that place for an activity falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1).