Section 29

Subject to the following provisions of this Part, a duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority may at any reasonable hour and on production, if required, of his credentials exercise the power conferred by subsection (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that any goods are manufactured or imported goods which have not been supplied in the United Kingdom since they were manufactured or imported he may— for the purpose of ascertaining whether there has been any contravention of any safety provision in relation to the goods, require any person carrying on a business, or employed in connection with a business, to produce any records relating to the business; for the purpose of ascertaining (by testing or otherwise) whether there has been any such contravention, seize and detain the goods; take copies of, or of any entry in, any records produced by virtue of paragraph (a) above. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If and to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to do so to prevent a contravention of any safety provision ... , the officer may, for the purpose of exercising his power under subsection (4) ... above to seize any goods ... — require any person having authority to do so to open any container or to open any vending machine; and himself open or break open any such container or machine where a requirement made under paragraph (a) above in relation to the container or machine has not been complied with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30