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6.—(1) Where—
(a)pursuant to Article 12 of Directive 95/53, an authorised person subjects a product to an inspection, and
(b)it is established thereby that the product does not comply with a Community provision covered by Article 2.1(a) of that Directive,
the competent authority by which that person is authorised to act shall—
(i)by notice in writing given to any person of a kind referred to in Article 13.1 of that Directive, require him to deal with the product, within such reasonable period as shall be specified in the notice, in one of the ways specified in the indents of that Article, and in accordance with any reasonable condition imposed by the competent authority, and
(ii)in relation to the person of that kind, comply with the requirements of the second and third paragraphs of Article 20 of that Directive.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), it shall be for the competent authority to determine in which one of the ways specified as aforesaid the person to whom the notice specified therein is given shall deal with the product concerned.
(3) Any person failing to comply, without reasonable excuse, with a requirement made by the competent authority pursuant to paragraph (1), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(4) Where any person fails to comply with a requirement made by the competent authority pursuant to paragraph (1), the competent authority may seize the product concerned, and itself deal with it in accordance with that requirement.
(5) Any competent authority acting in accordance with paragraph (4) shall be entitled to recover its expenses so incurred on demand from the person who has failed to comply with the requirement in question.
(6) Every competent authority shall provide to the Minister, in writing, such information as is available to it and will assist the Minister to comply with the requirements specified in the first and third paragraphs, or make use of the right specified in the first paragraph, of Article 14 of Directive 95/53, as regards notification of the matters required to be notified, or, as the case may be, which may be notified, under that Article.
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