The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006

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25.—(1) These Regulations must be enforced by the local authority.

(2) The Secretary of State may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or to a particular case, that he will enforce this Order instead.

[F1(3) Where the Secretary of State makes a direction under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 relating to this Order.]