{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025/regulation-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025/regulation-37.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/581",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/37",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Enforcement authorities",
  "text": "(1) The following bodies are designated as enforcement authorities—\n(a) the Food Standards Agency;\n(b) food authorities;\n(c) feed authorities.\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “food authorities“ has the same meaning as set out in section 5(1) and (3) of the Food Safety Act 1990 except that it does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of that Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and Middle Temple);\n(b) “feed authorities” means an authority identified in section 67(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 as having the duty to enforce Part 4 of that Act within its area or district as the case may be.\n(3) Enforcement authorities may appoint inspectors to carry out functions under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Enforcement authorities” are defined in section 28(1) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 5 was amended by paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), paragraph 163(2) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), paragraphs 7, 8, and 9 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1970 c. 40. Section 67(1) was amended by Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), paragraph 38(5) of Schedule 16 and Schedule 18 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and S.S.I. 2020/467."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/581/regulation/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:02.523638+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."
}