The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (Wales) Regulations 2007

PART 4 Assistance and co-operation under Title IV

Duties of local authorities, etc, under Title IV

11.  A local authority or food authority which is designated a competent authority under regulation 5 must notify the National Assembly if it considers that it is unable to undertake action required in any individual case under Title IV (administrative assistance and cooperation in the areas of feed and food) and must provide such information to the National Assembly as the National Assembly may reasonably request.

Facilitating assistance and co-operation under Title IV

12.—(1) For the purposes of assisting a competent authority of another member State as provided for under Article 36.3, or enabling a competent authority designated under these Regulations to do so, an inspector exercising his or her powers under relevant legislation to enter premises or to inspect records may—

(a) bring with him or her authorised officers of a competent authority of another member State;

(b) show to them such records as he or she inspects; and

(c) make copies for them or require copies to be made for them of such records as he or she has powers to make or require under the relevant legislation.

(2) For the purposes of facilitating a visit by an inspection team sent by the Commission as provided for in Article 40.3(a), an inspector may bring with him or her representatives of the Commission when exercising his or her powers under relevant legislation to enter premises or to inspect records.

Recovery of expenses

13.—(1) Expenses charged by a competent authority to a feed or food business pursuant to Article 40.4 must be paid by that business on the written demand of the competent authority concerned.

(2) Expenses charged by a competent authority to an operator pursuant to Article 28 must be paid by that operator on the written demand of the competent authority concerned.

(3) In this regulation “competent authority” (“awdurdod cymwys”) means a competent authority designated under regulation 4 or 5.