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20.—(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of granting or issuing—
(a)authorisations to transporters in accordance with Articles 10, 11 and 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;
(b)certificates of competence in accordance with Article 17(2) of that Regulation;
(c)certificates of approval of means of transport by road in accordance with Article 18(1) of that Regulation;
(d)certificates of approval of livestock vessels in accordance with Article 19(1) of that Regulation.
(2) For the purposes of that Regulation, the Secretary of State is the competent authority for—
(a)receiving notification of changes relating to authorisations in accordance with Article 6(2);
(b)receiving documents in accordance with Article 6(5), (8) and (9) and [paragraph 4(c)] of Annex II;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)recording information relating to livestock vessels in accordance with Article 19(3) and (4);
(f)inspecting livestock vessels in accordance with Article 20;
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(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(k)approving classification societies in accordance with point 1 of Chapter IV of Annex I.
(3) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(a)granting or issuing approvals in accordance with Articles 3 and 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97;
(b)receiving information on animals passing through a control post in accordance with Article 5(h) and (i) of that Regulation.
[(4) The Secretary of State is responsible for designating bodies in accordance with Articles 17(2), 18(1) and 19(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005.]