Part 1Tobacco products etc.
Chapter 3Enforcement and fixed penalties
Enforcement
25Enforcement
(1)
It is the duty of a council to enforce within its area the provisions of Chapters 1 and 2 and regulations made under them.
(2)
The Scottish Ministers may direct, in relation to a particular case or cases of a particular description, that any duty imposed on a council by subsection (1) is to be discharged by the Scottish Ministers and not by the council.
(3)
Where a direction has effect under subsection (2), sections 27 to 31 apply, in relation to the particular case, or cases of the description, specified in the direction—
(a)
as if references to a council officer were references to a person acting on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, and
(b)
with references to a person's area being read in accordance with any modifications specified in the direction.