Consumer Protection (Trade Descriptions and Safety Requirements) Act 1975 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
25. Notice of test and intended prosecution
Feedback & supportWhere any goods seized pursuant to this Act are submitted to a test, then —
goods
“goods” includes ships, aircraft, vehicles, animals, plants and all kinds of movable property;
if the goods were seized, the Director must inform the person mentioned in section 23(2) of the result of the test; or
Director
“Director” means the Director of Consumer Protection appointed under section 3;
if the goods were purchased and the test leads to the institution of proceedings for an offence under this Act, the Director must inform the person from whom the goods were purchased or, in the case of goods sold through a vending machine, the person mentioned in section 23(2), of the result of the test,and must, where as a result of the test proceedings for an offence under this Act are instituted against any person, allow such person to have the goods tested on such person’s behalf if it is reasonably practicable to do so.