Regulation 11 Enforcement and prosecutionI1

Scotland

(1)

Enforcement of the F1Official Controls Regulation and these Regulations is the responsibility of the competent authority or a designated authority.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers may direct, in relation to a particular case or cases of a particular description, that these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation are to be enforced by the Scottish Ministers instead of a designated authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health and Welfare and Official Controls (Agriculture) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/380), regs. 1(3), 4(7)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 11 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)