Chapter 3: Enforcement Section 49: Offence of purporting to act as authorised to exercise enforcement function
This offence is in addition to the offence of purporting to act as officer at paragraph 37 of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
	While paragraph 37 of Schedule 5 to the 2015 Act provides that it is an offence for a person who is not an officer of an enforcer to purport to act as such under Part 3 or 4 of that Schedule, this Section additionally sets out that it is an offence for a person to purport to act as authorised to exercise a function of the Secretary of State under Chapter 3 (the enforcement provisions).
	Subsection (2) provides the maximum penalty that the relevant court can impose on a person found guilty of the offence.