1.—(1) The Food Standards Agency must carry out the duties on the member State in point 11(1) and point 11(2) of Annex V to the Community TSE Regulation in relation to this Schedule and may grant authorisations for the purposes of point 4(3)(a) of that Annex.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, within a slaughterhouse or cutting plant an inspector is any person appointed for that purpose by the Food Standards Agency.
(3) An appointment as an inspector may be limited to powers and duties specified in the appointment.
(4) Any person exercising the powers of an inspector under this Schedule has the protection specified in regulation 14(3).