PART 4 Enforcement and penalties

11 Enforcement and prosecution
1 Enforcement of the Official Controls Regulation and these Regulations is the responsibility of the competent authority or a designated authority.
Words in reg. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health and Welfare and Official Controls (Agriculture) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/380), regs. 1(3), 4(7)
2 The Scottish Ministers may direct, in relation to a particular case or cases of a particular description, that these Regulations or the Official Controls Regulation are to be enforced by the Scottish Ministers instead of a designated authority.
Reg. 11 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)