Commentary on provisions of Act Section 6: Enforcement by weights and measures authorities
This section provides that enforcement of the prohibitions in Sections 1 and 2 and requirements relating to holding deposits under Schedule 2 will be the duty of local weights and measures authorities (trading standards authorities) in England.
	Each local weights and measures authority is responsible for enforcement in its area, and subsection (3) makes provision for the circumstance where a breach relates to housing located in more than one authority’s area.
	Subsection (4) requires a local weights and measures authority in England to have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State or the lead enforcement authority (if that is not the Secretary of State) about how it should carry out its enforcement duties.
	The investigatory powers available to a local weights and measures authority for the purposes of enforcing the Tenant Fees Act are set out in Schedule 5 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which this section amends.