Regulation 24 Food enforcement responsibilities and competent authority status

(1)

Each food authority shall execute and enforce the Import Provisions in its area in relation to food.

(2)

The food authority is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of the provisions of F1Regulation 2019/1793 F2... in so far as those provisions apply in relation to relevant food law.

(3)

A food authority's designation as a competent authority pursuant to paragraph (2) shall extend to its area only.

F3(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 24(2) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(13)(a)(i)
F2: Words in reg. 24(2) omitted (14.12.2019) by virtue of The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(13)(a)(ii)
F3: Reg. 24(4) omitted (14.12.2019) by virtue of The Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1, 7(13)(b)