198 Local weights and measures authorities
Legal Services Act 2007 (2007 c 29) | Legislation

198  Local weights and measures authorities

(1)     A local weights and measures authority may institute proceedings for an offence under section 14 if the activity which it is alleged that the accused was not entitled to carry on constitutes reserved instrument activities.

(2)     A local weights and measures authority may institute proceedings for an offence under section 16 if the activity which it is alleged that E was not entitled to carry on constitutes reserved instrument activities.

“E” has the same meaning as in that section.

(3)     In this section—

“relevant offence” means an offence in relation to which proceedings may be instituted by virtue of subsection (1) or (2);

“weights and measures officer” means an officer of a local weights and measures authority who is authorised by the authority to exercise the powers conferred by subsection (4).

(4)     A weights and measures officer who has reasonable cause to suspect that a relevant offence may have been committed

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