24(1)A local enforcement officer may only exercise powers under this Part of this Schedule pursuant to arrangements made with the OFT—U.K.
(a)by or on behalf of the relevant local weights and measures authority, or
(b)by DETINI.
(2)Anything done or omitted to be done by, or in relation to, a local enforcement officer in the exercise or purported exercise of a power in this Part of this Schedule is treated for all purposes as if done or omitted to be done by, or in relation to, an officer of the OFT.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply for the purposes of criminal proceedings brought against the local enforcement officer, the relevant local weights and measures authority, DETINI or the OFT, in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the officer.
(4)A local enforcement officer must not disclose to any person other than the OFT and the relevant local weights and measures authority or, as the case may be, DETINI information obtained by the officer in the exercise of powers under this Part of this Schedule unless—
(a)the officer has the approval of the OFT to do so, or
(b)the officer is under a duty to make the disclosure.
(5)In this paragraph “the relevant local weights and measures authority”, in relation to a local enforcement officer, means the authority of which the officer is an officer.