The competent authority
4.—(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for, and acts as the Member State for, the European Regulations.
(2) But—
(a)the Food Standards Agency is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(i)the reception of any information or declarations that must be submitted to the competent authority or Member State under the European Regulations,
(ii)Article 118o(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and
(iii)Article 63(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009;
(b)the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are the competent authority for the purposes of Article 44 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009.
(3) In relation to Scotland——
(a)the reference in paragraph (1) to “The Secretary of State” is to be read, in relation to the competent authority, as a reference to “The Scottish Ministers”; and
(b)the reference in paragraph (2)(b) to “the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” is to be read as a reference to “the Scottish Ministers”.