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1

These Regulations shall be executed and enforced–

a

in relation to–

i

any slaughterhouse;

ii

any cutting plant; and

iii

any establishment at which minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat or meat products are produced and which shares a common curtilage with, or falls within the same curtilage as, a slaughterhouse or cutting plant,

by the Agency; and

b

subject to paragraph (2), in relation to any other establishment by the local authority in whose area the establishment is situated.

2

The Agency may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, enforce and execute these Regulations in relation to any establishment referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

3

Before exercising its option to enforce and execute these Regulations under paragraph (2), the Agency shall consult the local authority which would otherwise have a duty to carry out such enforcement and execution.