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3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of—
(a)every weights and measures authority in Great Britain; and
(b)every district council in Northern Ireland
to enforce these Regulations within their area.
(2) It shall be the duty of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and not the enforcement authorities to enforce these Regulations at any place where goods are subject to customs supervision within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(1).
(3) For the purposes of enforcing these Regulations, an officer may at any reasonable hour and on production, if required, of evidence that he is an officer—
(a)inspect any goods;
(b)enter any premises (including any place or vehicle) other than premises occupied only as a dwelling;
(c)purchase any goods for the purposes of inspection;
(d)examine any procedure connected with the production of any goods;
(e)require any person carrying on a business, or employed in connection with a business, to produce any records relating to the business;
(f)seize and detain any goods or records where there are reasonable grounds for believing that they may be—
(i)required as evidence in proceedings for an offence under regulation 2; or
(ii)(in relation to goods only) liable to be forfeited under regulation 4;
(g)take copies of, or of any entry in, any records produced by virtue of sub-paragraph (e) or seized by way of sub-paragraph (f) ;
(h)require any person having authority to do so to open any container; and
(i)where a requirement made under sub-paragraph (h) has not been complied with, open or break open any container.
OJ No L 302, 19.10.1992, p.1.
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