# The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 7: Powers of Food Standards Scotland undertaking audits on behalf of the Scottish Ministers

Extent: S

(1) The Scottish Ministers may require Food Standards Scotland to carry out an audit of a competent or designated authority for the purposes of the Official Controls Regulation.
(2) The audit provisions of the Feed and Food Regulations apply, for the purposes of such an audit, as if—
(a) the undertaking of the audit were for the purpose referred to in regulations 8(1) and 9(1) of those Regulations; and
(b) the authority concerned were an enforcement authority to which regulation 7 of those Regulations applied.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the audit provisions of the Feed and Food Regulations are—
(a) regulations 8 and 9(1) to (8) and (10) (as read with regulation 10 of those Regulations); and
(b) regulation 11 of those Regulations.
(4) Regulations 17(2), (4) and (5)(c), 18(2) to (9), 19 to 21 and 45 to 50 of the Feed and Food Regulations apply where Food Standards Scotland carry out an audit under this regulation as if the audit were undertaken under those Regulations and enforced or executed by Food Standards Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/412/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-7
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