Section 136 Power of ministers etc to take over enforcement functionsI1

United Kingdom Not yet in force

(1)

The appropriate national authority may direct that, in relation to cases of a particular description or in a particular case, the duty imposed on an enforcement authority by section 135 is to be discharged by the appropriate national authority and not by the enforcement authority.

(2)

In subsection (1) “appropriate national authority”—

(a)

in relation to the giving of a direction to an enforcement authority in England, means the Secretary of State,

(b)

in relation to the giving of a direction to an enforcement authority in Wales, means the Welsh Ministers,

(c)

in relation to the giving of a direction to an enforcement authority in Scotland, means the Scottish Ministers, and

(d)

in relation to the giving of a direction to an enforcement authority in Northern Ireland, means the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 136 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 176(2)(c)