{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3344",
  "legislation_title": "The Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Action by the appropriate agency",
  "text": "(1) Any action required under this Part may be carried out by the appropriate agency instead of the responsible person—\n(a) in an emergency;\n(b) if the responsible person cannot be ascertained; or\n(c) if the responsible person fails to comply with a notice.\n(2) The responsible person is liable for any reasonable costs incurred by the appropriate agency in taking any action under this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 359 (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3344/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:57:56.974993+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}