Regulation 8 Competent authority for the purposes of Regulation 1829/2003I1 England and Wales The national competent authority for the purposes of Chapter III of Regulation 1829/2003 is the Agency. Annotations Commencement I1 Reg. 8 in force at 6.4.2015, see reg. 1 ← Regulation 7 Regulation 8 Regulation 9 →