PART 2Offences, Penalties and Enforcement

Enforcement authoritiesE16

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It is the duty of the enforcement authority to enforce the F1... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations, and carry out market surveillance activities under Article 22 (in-market control) of the F1... Cosmetics Regulation.

2

An enforcement authority in England or Wales shall have the power to investigate and prosecute an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the F1... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of England and Wales.

3

An enforcement authority in Northern Ireland shall have the power to investigate and prosecute an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the F1... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of Northern Ireland.

4

An enforcement authority in Scotland shall have the power to investigate an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the F1... Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of Scotland.

5

Nothing in these Regulations authorises an enforcement authority or competent authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.

Enforcement authoritiesE26

1

It is the duty of the enforcement authority to enforce the EU Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations, and carry out market surveillance activities under Article 22 (in-market control) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation.

F22

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3

An enforcement authority in Northern Ireland shall have the power to investigate and prosecute an alleged contravention of any obligations imposed by the EU Cosmetics Regulation and these Regulations which was committed outside its area in any part of Northern Ireland.

F34

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F45

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