Regulation 6 Enforcement authoritiesE1
England, Wales and Scotland
It is the duty of the enforcement authority to enforce the F1... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations, and carry out market surveillance activities under Article 22 (in-market control) of the ... Cosmetics Regulation.
An enforcement authority in England or Wales shall have the power to investigate and prosecute an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the ... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of England and Wales.
An enforcement authority in Northern Ireland shall have the power to investigate and prosecute an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the ... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of Northern Ireland.
An enforcement authority in Scotland shall have the power to investigate an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the ... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of Scotland.
Nothing in these Regulations authorises an enforcement authority or competent authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in regs. 5-8 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 34 para. 34 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2, 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Extent
- E1
This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only