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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016 No. 1259
1.—(1) The Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 26(1) (special powers of inspector with respect to certain goods), for “Article 41” substitute “Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015”.
(3) In Article 39 (function of Department)—
(a)the existing text becomes paragraph (1), and
(b)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(2) For the investigatory powers available to the Department for the purposes of the duty in paragraph (1) see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.”
(4) Omit Article 41 (general powers of inspection and entry)(1).
(5) In Article 42(1)(a) and (c) (obstruction of inspectors), omit “or the packaged goods regulations”(2).
(6) In Article 47 (penalties)—
(a)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) A person guilty of an offence under Article 42(1) or (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”,
(b)omit paragraph (4), and
(c)in paragraph (5) for “(4)” substitute “(2A)”(3).
Amended by the Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c.5).
Amended by the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. (N.I.) No 2011/331).
Amended by the Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I.1985/703 (N.I. 3)).
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