# The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992, Regulation 3: Enforcement


(1) Except where expressly otherwise provided, these Regulations shall be executed and enforced by the local authority.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) below, where the Minister is satisfied that a local authority is failing or has failed to execute or enforce these Regulations, either generally or in any individual case or in any class of case, he may, having given notice to that authority, empower one of the Minister’s officers to execute or enforce them in place of that authority.
(3) The Minister may recover from the local authority in default any expenses reasonably incurred by him under paragraph (2) above.
(4) In addition to the powers in paragraph (2) above, the Minister may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or a particular case, that these Regulations shall be executed and enforced by the Minister instead of the local authority, or jointly by the Minister and the local authority.
(5) The powers of the Minister under paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) above shall, in relation to matters concerning public health where the products concerned are subject to intraCommunity trade, be exercised, instead of by the Minister—
(a) in England, by the Secretary of State for Health;
(b) in Scotland and Wales, by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3298/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-import-and-export-regulations-1992/regulation-3
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