Competent control authority
4.—(1) The Scottish Ministers are the competent control authority for the purposes of Article 67 of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may require the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to carry out controls for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Title III and Title V of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation.
(3) The Scottish Environment Protection Agency must—
(a)send to the Scottish Ministers a provisional control report; and
(b)for the purposes of Article 38(5) of the Horizontal Delegated Regulation where a non-compliance is established as a consequence of any kind of controls, notify the Scottish Ministers of any non-compliance established.
(4) The Scottish Ministers must, pursuant to Article 72 of the Horizontal Implementing Regulation, establish the final control report and where the Scottish Ministers are not the paying agency, send the control report to the paying agency.