Regulation 4 Exchanging and providing information
England and Wales
For the purposes of enabling competent authorities, other OFFC authorities and F1the Welsh Ministers to fulfil the obligations placed upon them by F2Regulation 2017/625 competent authorities may exchange among themselves or provide to other OFFC authorities any information received by them in the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law.
For the purpose of executing and enforcing relevant feed law or relevant food law, competent authorities may exchange among themselves any information received by them in the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law.
Competent authorities may share information received by them in the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law with the bodies that execute and enforce relevant feed law or relevant food law in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland for the purposes of facilitating the execution and enforcement of relevant feed law or relevant food law in those countries.
Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) are without prejudice to any other power of competent authorities to disclose information by or under F3any other applicable legislation.
For the purposes of this regulation, “other OFFC authorities” means authorities designated in the United Kingdom as competent authorities for the purposes of F4Regulation 2017/625 other than the competent authorities designated under these Regulations.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(3), 10(3)(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 4(1) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1482), regs. 1(1), 11(a)
- F3
Words in reg. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1581), regs. 1(3), 10(3)(b)
- F4
Words in reg. 4(5) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1482), regs. 1(1), 11(b)