{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-regulations-2008/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-regulations-2008/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3206",
  "legislation_title": "The Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Designation of competent authorities",
  "text": "(1) Each food authority is designated as the competent authority for the purpose of ... Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 for the control of spirit drinks in its area except to the extent that a port health authority is designated as the competent authority within any part of that area under paragraph (2).\n(2) Each port health authority is designated as the competent authority for the purpose of ... Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 for the control of spirit drinks in its district for drinks being—\n(a) imported into, or exported from, Great Britain;\n(b) moved into Great Britain from Northern Ireland;\n(c) moved from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.\n(3) Each food authority is designated as the competent authority for the purpose of Articles 39(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 for surveillance and enforcement of the use of registered geographical indications in its area except to the extent that a port health authority is designated as the competent authority within any part of that area under paragraph (4).\n(4) Each port health authority is designated as the competent authority for the purpose of Articles 39(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 for the surveillance and enforcement of the use of registered geographical indications in its district for drinks being—\n(a) imported into, or exported from, Great Britain;\n(b) moved into Great Britain from Northern Ireland;\n(c) moved from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.\n(5) Each food authority is designated as the competent authority responsible for controls in respect of the enforcement of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 936/2009 in its area except to the extent that a port health authority is designated as the competent authority within any part of that area under paragraph (6).\n(6) Each port health authority is designated as the competent authority responsible for controls in respect of the enforcement of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 936/2009 in its district for drinks being—\n(a) imported into, or exported from, Great Britain;\n(b) moved into Great Britain from Northern Ireland;\n(c) moved from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(5)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(5)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 6(3)(4) inserted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 10(5)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 6(5)(6) inserted (30.12.2020) by The Spirit Drinks, Wine and European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1636), regs. 1(2), 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(6) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1661), regs. 1(2)(b), 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 6 heading substituted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3206/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:20:04.998706+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}