SCHEDULE 6 Investigatory Powers: Consequential Amendments
Consumer Rights Act 2015 (2015 c 15) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 6 Investigatory Powers: Consequential Amendments

Section 77

Registered Designs Act 1949 (c 88)

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(1)     Section 35ZB of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (enforcement) is amended as follows.

(2)     Omit subsection (1).

(3)     Before subsection (2) insert—

“(1A)     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 enforcement of section 35ZA, see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.”

Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c 29)

2

The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 is amended as follows.

3

In section 26 (enforcing authorities) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     For the investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures authority for the purposes of the duty in subsection (1), see Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.”

4

Omit section 27 (power to make test purchases).

5

Omit section 28 (power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and documents).

6

Omit section 29 (obstruction of authorised officers).

7

Omit section 30 (notice of test and intended prosecution).

8

Omit section 33 (compensation for loss, etc of goods seized under section 28).

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