(1)The following authorities ( “enforcement authorities ”) have a duty to enforce this Act and regulations made under it—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)in Great Britain, the local weights and measures authority,
(c)in Northern Ireland, the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland.
[F2(1A)Subsection (1) does not limit any function of the FCA in relation to the enforcement of this Act or regulations made under it.]
[F3(1B)For the investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures authority or the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland for the purposes of the duty in subsection (1), see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.]
(2)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Every local weights and measures authority shall, whenever the [F5FCA] requires, report to [F6it] in such form and with such particulars as [F6it] requires on the exercise of their functions under this Act.
(4)—(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
Textual Amendments
F1S. 161(1)(a) omitted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), arts. 1(2)(6), 20(48)(a)
F2S. 161(1A) inserted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1881), arts. 1(2)(6), 20(48)(b)
F3S. 161(1B) inserted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 13; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i)
F4S. 161(2) omitted (1.4.2003) by virtue of and repealed (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 6(32)(b), Sch. 26; S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 8, 10)
F5Word in s. 161(3) substituted (26.7.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consumer Credit) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1882), arts. 1(1), 7(13)
F6Words in s. 161(3) substituted (1.4.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 6(32)(c); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)
F7S. 161(4)–(6) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 1(4), Sch. 34 Pt. IV