5.—(1) Each feed authority in its area is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(a)Article 5(3), 13(1)(a) and 17(3) and Annex VII, Chapter 1, paragraph 8; and
(b)Article 13(1)(b) as the competent authority that may request scientific substantiation of a claim and to whose attention purchasers have the right to bring doubts regarding the truthfulness of a claim.
(2) The Food Standards Agency is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(a)Article 26(1)(b); and
(b)Article 13(1)(b) as the competent authority that may submit to the Commission doubts concerning the scientific substantiation of a claim.
(3) The Food Standards Agency and each feed authority in its area is the competent authority for the purposes of Article 5(2).