# The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015, Regulation 20: Enforcement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2A), each enforcing authority must enforce these Regulations.
(2) In relation to cases of a particular description, or a particular case—
(a) the Secretary of State may, as regards England, direct that the duty in paragraph (1) is to be discharged by the Secretary of State and not by another enforcing authority;
(b) the Welsh Ministers may, as regards Wales, direct that the duty in paragraph (1) is only to be discharged by a specific enforcing authority;
(c) the Scottish Ministers may, as regards Scotland, direct SEPA or a local authority that the duty in paragraph (1) is, or is not, to be discharged by it;
(d) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs may, as regards Northern Ireland, direct that the duty in paragraph (1) is to be discharged by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and not by another enforcing authority.
(2A) An enforcing authority must comply with a direction given to it under paragraph (2).
(2B) A direction given under paragraph (2) may be revoked or modified by a further direction given under that paragraph.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015/regulation-20
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