(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/871) so as to provide that the competent authority for the purposes of Article 7.3 and (for the purposes of making the register available) Article 7.4 of Council Regulation (EC) 820/97 is the local authority or, in the case of England, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; in the case of Scotland, the Secretary of State for Scotland; and in the case of Wales, the Secretary of State for Wales until 1st July 1999 and the National Assembly for Wales on and after that date.