8(1)Proceedings for an offence under paragraph 5 above shall not be instituted except by or on behalf of a local weights and measures authority.U.K.
(2)Proceedings for any such offence shall not be instituted—
(a)unless there has been served on the person charged a notice in writing of the date and nature of the offence alleged, being (except where he is a street trader) a notice served before the expiration of the period of thirty days beginning with that date; or
(b)after the expiration of the period of three months beginning with that date.
(3)Such a notice as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) above may be served on any person either by serving it on him personally or by sending it to him by post at his usual or last known residence or place of business in the United Kingdom or, in the case of a company, at the company’s registered office.
(4)Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply to Scotland.