Enforcement authority
21.—(1) These Regulations are enforced by—
(a)the local authority;
(b)the port health authority in relation to a port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the 1984 Act; or
(c)the Welsh Ministers in relation to a food hygiene establishment.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b) does not apply where the Welsh Ministers direct that the enforcement duty is to be exercised in relation to a particular case by the Welsh Ministers.
(3) In paragraph (1)(a) “local authority” means in relation to an area the county council or county borough council for that area;
(4) In paragraph (1)(b) “port health authority” means in relation to any port health district, the port health authority for that district.
(5) In paragraph (1)(c), “food hygiene establishment” means an establishment referred to in regulation 5(2) of the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006(1) in respect of which the Food Standards Agency has enforcement functions under those Regulations.
(6) In these Regulations—
(a)“the 1984 Act” means the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984(2);
(b)a body exercising functions under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is an “enforcement authority”.
S.I. 2006/31 (W.5), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.