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3.—(1) Except where otherwise expressly provided, these Regulations shall be executed and enforced by the local authority.
(2) The Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or a particular case, that any duty imposed on a local authority under paragraph (1) above shall be discharged by the Minister (or in Wales the National Assembly for Wales) and not by the local authority.