(1) Proceedings for an offence under regulation 45 may be instituted by -
(a) order of the Commissioners;
(b) [deleted]
(c) a local weights and measures authority;
(e) the Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(f) the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
(2) Proceedings for an offence under regulation 45 may be instituted only against a relevant person or, where such a person is a body corporate, a partnership or an unincorporated association, against any person who is liable to be proceeded against under regulation 47.
(3) Where proceedings under paragraph (1) are instituted by order of the Commissioners, the proceedings must be brought in the name of an officer of Revenue and Customs.
(4) [deleted]
(5) [deleted]
(6) A local weights and measures authority must, whenever the Authority requires, report in such form and with such particulars as the Authority requires on the exercise of its functions under these Regulations.
(7) Where the Commissioners invest