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Inspection and testing of oil heaters and component parts.
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4.—(1) An authorised officer may, subject to the provisions of this section and having produced his appointment as an authorised officer, inspect an oil heater for the purpose of determining whether—
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(a) it is an oil heater which, or any component part of which, is of a class or description to which the requirements of any regulations under this Act apply, and
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(b) if it is such an oil heater, the oil heater, or any component part of it, complies with any such requirement as aforesaid, and, subject as aforesaid and having produced his appointment, may inspect a component part intended for but not embodied in an oil heater for the purpose of determining whether—
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(i) it is a component part of a class or description to which the requirements of any regulations under this Act apply, and
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(ii) if it is such a component part, it complies with any such requirement as aforesaid.
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(2) An authorised officer shall not, by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, inspect an oil heater or component part unless it is kept on premises for the purpose of being sold or let in the course of a business.
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(3) Any person who wilfully obstructs any person in the exercise of his powers under subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) The Institute for Industrial Research and Standards—
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(a) may carry out a test of an oil heater which, or any component part of which, is of a class or description to which any requirements of regulations under this Act apply for the purpose of determining whether the oil heater, or component part, complies with any standard of safety prescribed for the class or description of oil heater or component part to which the oil heater or component part belongs, and
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(b) may carry out a test of a component part intended for but not embodied in an oil heater, being a component part of a class or description to which any requirements of regulations under this Act apply, for the purpose of determining whether the component part complies with any standard of safety prescribed for the class or description of component part to which it belongs.
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(5) In this section “authorised officer” means—
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(a) an officer of the Minister, or
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(b) an officer of the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards, appointed in writing by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.
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