Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

1.—(1) An inspector may, on production if so requested of his credentials, at all reasonable times—

(a) enter any premises (except premises used only as a private dwelling) as to which he has reasonable cause to believe that packages are made up on the premises or that imported packages belonging to the importer of them are on the premises or that relevant packages intended for sale are on the premises;

(b) inspect and test any equipment which he has reasonable cause to believe is used in making up packages in the United Kingdom or in carrying out a check mentioned in Article 31(9) and (10);

(c) inspect, and measure in such manner as he thinks fit, anything which he has reasonable cause to believe is or contains or is contained in a package and, if he considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of inspecting the thing or anything in it, break it open;

(d) inspect and take copies of, or of anything purporting to be, a record, document or certificate mentioned in Article 31(6) to (11);

(e) require any person on premises which the inspector is authorised to enter by virtue of head ( a) to provide such assistance as the inspector reasonably considers necessary to enable the inspector to exercise effectively any power conferred on him by heads ( a) to ( d);

(f) require any person to give to the inspector such information as the person possesses about the name and address of the packer and of any importer of a package which the inspector finds on premises he has entered by virtue of this sub-paragraph or paragraph 2.

(2) F1 An inspector may serve, on any person carrying on business as the packer or importer of packages a notice requiring the person—

(a) to furnish the inspector with particulars of the kind specified in the notice of any marks which, otherwise than in pursuance of Article 31(5)( c), are applied to packages made up in that area by the person or, as the case may be, to packages imported by him, for the purpose of enabling the place where the packages were made up to be ascertained; and

(b) if the person has furnished particulars of a mark in pursuance of the notice and the mark ceases to be applied for the purpose aforesaid to such packages as aforesaid, to give notice of the cesser to the inspector;

but a notice given by an inspector in pursuance of this sub-paragraph shall not require a person to furnish information which the person does not possess.

F1 mod. SR 1990/410