1.The Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is the official authority of the United Kingdom referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 15(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 under the responsibility of which the checks referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation are carried out.
2.The Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate (HMI) for England and Wales and the Scottish Government’s Horticulture and Marketing Unit (HMU) for Scotland are the inspection bodies of the United Kingdom in charge of the proper checks within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 15(2).