Enforcement Authorities4
1
In England, enforcement authorities for the purposes of the enforcement and execution of these Regulations are—
a
for each London borough, the council of that borough;
b
for each district in a metropolitan county, the council of that district;
c
for each district in a non-metropolitan county—
i
where the county functions have been transferred to the council of that district under a structural change (as defined in section 14(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1992)9, the council of that district, and
ii
in any other case, the council of the county;
d
for the City of London (except the Temples), the Common Council of the City of London;
e
for the Inner Temple, the Sub-Treasurer;
f
for the Middle Temple, the Under Treasurer;
g
for the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and
h
for each port, in relation to imported controlled products, the port health authority of that port.
2
In Wales, enforcement authorities for the purposes of the enforcement and execution of these Regulations are—
a
for each county, the council of that county; and
b
for each county borough, the council of that county borough.
3
In Scotland, enforcement authorities for the purposes of the enforcement and execution of these Regulations are, for each of their areas, the councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 199410.
4
In Northern Ireland, enforcement authorities for the purposes of the enforcement and execution of these Regulations are, for each local government district, the council of that district.
5
In this regulation, the references to the purposes of enforcement and execution do not include either—
a
the purposes of the competent authority under regulation 3(1); or
b
the purposes of discharging the functions specified in regulation 3(2).