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Short title. 7.(1) This Act may be cited as the Consumer Protection Act (Northern Ireland) 1965. Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 1973 1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, an officer of a [district council] authorised by them in writing in that behalf may, on producing if so required his authority, inspect any goods in relation to which this Schedule has effect for the purpose of determining (a)whether the goods or any component part thereof are goods to which any prescribed requirements apply; and (b)if so, whether those requirements are complied with. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, an officer of a [district council] authorised by them in writing in that behalf may, on producing if so required his authority, inspect a component part made or supplied for the purpose of being embodied in, but not embodied in, any goods in relation to which this Schedule has effect, for the purpose of determining (a)whether it is one to which any prescribed requirements apply and if so whether those requirements are complied with; or (b)whether it is one which it is requisite to inspect in order to determine whether any prescribed requirements applying to goods comprising it would be complied with when it was embodied in the goods, and if so whether those requirements would then be complied with. 2. A [district council] may, subject to the provisions of this Schedule, purchase any goods for the purpose of carrying out a test to determine whether any prescribed requirements applicable to the goods or a component part thereof are complied with, or in the case of goods being a component part whether any prescribed requirements applicable to goods comprising it would be complied with when the part was embodied in the goods. 3. Regulations under section 1 may provide that in such cases as may be prescribed any test such as is referred to in paragraph 2 shall be carried out, at the expense of the [district council], by such person or body as may be authorised by or under the regulations to carry out the test, and may prescribe the manner in which any such test as is referred to in paragraph 2 is to be carried out. 4. An officer of a [district council] shall not by virtue of paragraph 1 inspect any goods or component part, and a [district council] shall not by virtue of paragraph 2 purchase any goods or component part, unless the goods or component part are kept in the area of the [council] for the purpose of being sold or let in the course of a business. 5. Any person who wilfully obstructs any person in the exercise of his powers under paragraph 1 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [two hundred pounds]. 6. A [district council] may institute proceedings for an offence under this Act committed in the area of the [council]. Para.7 rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/341
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