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Regulation 16 Execution and enforcementI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing paragraph (3) of regulation 5 shall be the competent authority who imposed the requirement on the F1delegated body concerned under paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(2)

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing paragraph (8) of regulation 9 and regulation 11 shall be the Agency.

(3)

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing regulation 15 shall be the authority whose officer took the person who made the disclosure on to the premises concerned.

(4)

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing paragraph (9) of regulation 17 shall be the authority who authorised the person who entered the premises and disclosed the information.

(5)

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing regulation 18 shall—

(a)

where the offence relates to the execution of regulation 13, be the competent authority whose authorised officer took with them a member of staff of the competent authority of another member State;

(b)

where the offence relates to the execution of regulation 14, be the authority whose enforcing officer took with them a Commission expert F2and, where relevant, a national expert; and

(c)

where the offence relates to the execution of regulation 17, be the relevant enforcement authority whose authorised officer exercised powers under that regulation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 16(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/218), regs. 1, 17(a)

F2

Words in reg. 16(5)(b) inserted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/218), regs. 1, 17(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 16 in operation at 25.1.2010, see reg. 1