Enforcement and competent authorities
4.—(1) It shall be the duty of each district council within its district to execute and enforce —
(a)these Regulations;
(b)the Commission Regulation; and
(c)Commission Regulation 124/2009, save for the requirement in paragraph 2 of Article 1(1) of that Regulation (requirement to investigate the reasons for a finding of a significant residue level below the maximum).
(2) The competent authority for the purposes of Article 2(2) (justification by food business operators of concentration or dilution factors) is the district council having the duty to enforce under paragraph (1).
(3) The competent authority for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation 124/2009 (requirement to investigate the reasons for a finding of a significant residue level below the maximum) is the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.