The General Product Safety Regulations 2005

Consequential amendments to other legislation

47.—(1) Omit paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 4 to the Gas Act 1995(1).

(2) The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001(2) is amended as follows.

(3) In section 66(4), insert the following after paragraph (n)—

“(o) regulation 22 of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (powers of entry and search etc)”.

(4) In Schedule 1, insert the following after paragraph 73F(3)—

“General Product Safety Regulations 2005

73G.   Each of the powers of seizure conferred by the provisions of regulation 22(4) to (6) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (seizure for the purposes of ascertaining whether safety provisions have been contravened etc).”.

(5) In Schedule 2—

(a) insert the following after paragraph 4—

“4A   Regulation 23(6) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (provision about the testing of seized products) shall apply in relation to items seized under section 50 of this Act in reliance on the power of seizure conferred by regulation 23 of those Regulations as it applies in relation to items seized under regulation 22 of those Regulations.”.

(b) insert the following after paragraph 9—

“9A   Regulation 26 of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (compensation for seizure and detention) shall apply in relation to the seizure of items under section 50 of this Act in reliance on the power of seizure conferred by regulation 22 of those Regulations, and the retention of products under regulations 22 of those Regulations.”.

(1)

1995 c. 45.

(2)

2001 c. 16, section 66(4)(n) was inserted by paras 5(1) and (3) of Sch. 6 to the Human Tissue Act 2004 c. 30.

(3)

Paragraph 73F is prospectively inserted by para. 18 of Schedule 16 to the Gambling Act 2005 c. 19.