# The Wine Regulations 2011, Regulation 4: The competent authority

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State is the competent authority for ... the assimilated Regulations and the 1416/2006 prohibition.
(2) But—
(a) the ... Agency is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(i) the reception of any information or declarations that must be submitted to the competent authority ... under the assimilated Regulations,
(ii) Article 146(1) of Regulation (EU) 2013, ...
(iii) Article 12 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274; and
(iv) Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In relation to Scotland——
(a) the reference in paragraph (1) to “The Secretary of State” is to be read, in relation to the competent authority, as a reference to “The Scottish Ministers”; and
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2936/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wine-regulations-2011/regulation-4
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