Power to inspect products etc
25(1)The officer may inspect any product on the premises.
(2)The power in sub-paragraph (3) is also available to an officer of a domestic enforcer acting pursuant to the duty in section 27(1) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or regulation 10(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1803).
(3)The officer may examine any procedure (including any arrangements for carrying out a test) connected with the production of a product.
(4)The powers in sub-paragraph (5) are also available to an officer of a domestic enforcer acting pursuant to—
(a)the duty in regulation 10(1) of the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/659) (“the (“2006 Regulations”), or
(b)the duty in regulation 10(1) of the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (SR 2011/331) (“the 2011 Regulations”).
(5)The officer may inspect and take copies of, or of anything purporting to be—
(a)a record of a kind mentioned in regulation 5(2) or 9(1), or
(b)evidence of a kind mentioned in regulation 9(3).
(6)The references in sub-paragraph (5) to regulations are to regulations in the 2006 Regulations in the case of a domestic enforcer in Great Britain or the 2011 Regulations in the case of a domestic enforcer in Northern Ireland.
(7)The powers in sub-paragraph (8) are also available to an officer of a domestic enforcer acting pursuant to the duty in regulation 37(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3418).
(8)The officer may—
(a)inspect any apparatus or fixed installation (as defined in those Regulations), or
(b)examine any procedure (including any arrangements for carrying out a test) connected with the production of apparatus.