Enforcement Authorities
4.—(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)(1), 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 1994(2).
(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).