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12(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where—
(a)a firework purchased (or acquired under direction or by arrangement) by an officer of a local weights and measures authority under paragraph 2 is submitted to a test and as a result proceedings are brought for an offence under section 5 or 22, or
(b)a firework or item seized by an officer of a local weights and measures authority under paragraph 6 is submitted to a test.
(2)The local weights and measures must inform the relevant person of the results of the test.
(3)The local weights and measures authority must allow a relevant person to have the firework or item tested if it is reasonably practicable to do so.
(4)In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant person” means the person from whom the firework or item was purchased or seized.
(5)In sub-paragraph (3), “relevant person” means—
(a)in a case within sub-paragraph (1)(a), a person who is a party to the proceedings, or
(b)in any other case, a person referred to in sub-paragraph (4).