PART 2MAIN PROVISIONS

Execution and enforcement17

1

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing paragraph (3) of regulation 5 shall be the competent authority who imposed the requirement on the control body concerned under paragraph (1) of that regulation.

2

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing paragraph (8) of regulation 9 and regulation 11 shall be the Agency.

3

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing regulation 16 shall be the authority whose officer took the person who made the disclosure on to the premises concerned.

4

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing paragraph (8) of regulation 18 shall be the authority who authorised the person who entered the premises and disclosed the information.

5

The authority responsible for executing and enforcing regulation 19 shall—

a

where the offence relates to the execution of regulation 14, be the competent authority whose authorised officer took with him a member of staff of the competent authority of another member State;

b

where the offence relates to the execution of regulation 15, be the authority whose enforcing officer took with him a Commission expert; and

c

where the offence relates to the execution of regulation 18, be the district council whose authorised officer exercised powers under that regulation.