# The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020, Regulation 8: Enforcement

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Enforcement of these Regulations and the Official Controls Regulations is the responsibility of the competent authority.
(2) A competent authority may authorise any person to exercise the powers given to authorised persons in these Regulations.
(3) A person may be authorised for specified purposes.
(4) An authorisation must be in writing.
(5) A competent authority may specify descriptions of local authority officers who may be authorised to exercise enforcement powers and may direct that an officer of a particular description may only be appointed to exercise them for a specified purpose.
(6) Any specification or direction under paragraph (5) must be in writing.
(7) If a competent authority specifies a description of local authority officers under paragraph (5), a local authority may authorise any of its officers falling within that description to exercise enforcement powers.
(8) An authorised person performing functions under these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulations must produce, on request, evidence of their authorisation.
(9) An authorised person must state, if requested—
(a) their name;
(b) the functions to be performed; and
(c) the grounds for proposing to perform those functions.
(10) In this regulation “enforcement powers” means the powers set out in this Part.
(11) In this regulation “local authority” means—
(a) in relation to England—
(i) where there is a unitary authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, that authority;
(ii) where there is not a unitary authority—
(aa) in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;
(bb) in a non-metropolitan district, the council of that county or the council of a district within the county area;
(cc) in each London borough, the council of that borough;
(iii) in the City of London, the Common Council; or
(iv) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council; and
(c) in relation to Scotland, a Council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/552/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-8
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