Chapter 3: Enforcement Section 26: Enforcement of Part 1
Subsection (1) establishes that the Secretary of State will be responsible for enforcing the provisions of Part 1 and any regulations made under it.
	Subsections (2) and (3) set out that the powers of investigation in Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 are available to the Secretary of State and amend Schedule 5 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to that effect.
	Subsection (4) removes the restriction in paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 5 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 that limits information requests to determining if a breach has occurred and allows the Secretary of State to exercise powers in relation to production of information for any purpose relating to the enforcement of Part 1. For instance, requests for financial information might be needed to ensure only relevant entities are considered when calculating worldwide revenue for a company group.
	Subsection (4) also removes the restriction in paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 5 to the 2015 Act, so that the Secretary of State can request that a manufacturer, importer or distributor produce information without there needing to be a reasonable suspicion of a breach of the legislation. This allows the Secretary of State to undertake their enforcement functions. Requesting information is needed to correctly ascertain if compliance failures have occurred, the level of risk arising from these compliance failures and ensure notices or corrective measures are issued where it is deemed necessary and proportionate to do so.
	Subsection (5) provides that the Secretary of State may not bring proceedings for offences under Part 1 in Scotland, to ensure that the legislation does not contradict Scottish court procedures.