Schedule 2Investigatory powers of a local weights and measures authority

I15Power to inspect and test fireworks

1

An officer of a local weights and measures authority may—

a

inspect a firework or an item suspected to be a firework on the premises,

b

arrange for a firework or an item suspected to be a firework to be tested (and may seize and retain the firework or item under paragraph 6 to do so).

2

Inspection and testing under this paragraph may carried out only for the purposes of determining—

a

whether or not an item is a firework, or

b

the category of a firework (or suspected firework) for the purposes of this Act (see section 2).