Article 13 EnforcementI1

This Order must be enforced by the local authority.

The Secretary of State may direct that, in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case, an enforcement duty imposed on a local authority under this article is to be discharged by the Secretary of State and not by the local authority.

Where the Secretary of State makes a direction under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 relating to this Order.