# The Wine Regulations 2011, Regulation 3: Official functions and enforcement

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The local authority enforces the assimilated Regulations and the 1416/2006 prohibition in relation to retail sale.
(2) The Secretary of State, general customs officials and the ... Agency enforce them in relation to import and export.
(3) In relation to Scotland, the reference in paragraph (2) to “The Secretary of State” is to be read as a reference to “The Scottish Ministers”.
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(5) Otherwise the ... Agency or the Secretary of State enforce these Regulations and the assimilated Regulations.
(6) In relation to Scotland, the reference in paragraph (5) to “the Secretary of State” is to be read as a reference to “the Scottish Ministers”.
(7) Each of these is referred to as “an enforcement authority”.
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(8A) The Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under these Regulations.
(9) Nothing in these Regulations authorises an enforcement authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.
(10) In this regulation—
(a) “general customs official” means a general customs official designated under section 3(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009;
(b) “local authority” means an authority (other than the council of a non-metropolitan district) that is a food authority for the purposes of the Food Safety Act 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2936/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wine-regulations-2011/regulation-3
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