# The Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013, Regulation 4: Competent authority

Extent: E+W+S

(1) ..., the Secretary of State and the enforcement authority are the competent authorities for the purposes of the ... Cosmetics Regulation.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) ... the Secretary of State may from time to time authorise such person as the Secretary of State thinks fit to be a United Kingdom competent authority, or to perform certain functions of a competent authority, in addition to or in substitution for the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1478/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-enforcement-regulations-2013/regulation-4
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