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5(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).
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