# The Recreational Craft Regulations 2017, Regulation 79: Action by enforcing authority

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An enforcing authority may take action which an economic operator could have been required to take by a notice served under these Regulations where the conditions for serving such a notice are met and either—
(a) the authority has been unable to identify any economic operator on whom to serve such a notice; or
(b) the economic operator on whom such a notice has been served has failed to comply with it.
(2) If the enforcing authority takes action as a result of the condition in paragraph (1)(b) being met, the authority may recover from the economic operator, as a civil debt, any costs or expenses reasonably incurred by the authority in taking the action.
(3) A civil debt recoverable under paragraph (2) may be recovered summarily—
(a) in England and Wales by way of a complaint pursuant to section 58 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;
(b) in Northern Ireland in proceedings under article 62 (debt proceedings) of the Magistrates Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
(4) In this regulation, “notice” means a notice served under Schedule 14.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/737/regulation/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/recreational-craft-regulations-2017/regulation-79
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