8.—(1) A competent authority may impose a requirement on a public body to take preventive or remedial measures under these Regulations where it appears to the competent authority that—
(a)those measures need to be taken as a matter of urgency; and
(b)the public body is better able than the competent authority to take the measures.
(2) A public body must comply with a requirement imposed under paragraph (1).
(3) The costs of a public body in complying with a requirement under paragraph (1) are to be met by the competent authority which imposed the requirement.
(4) When requested to do so, a public body must provide a competent authority with any advice or information which that body is able to give which would assist the competent authority in carrying out its functions under these Regulations.
(5) Any decision taken by a competent authority under paragraph (1) shall—
(a)be notified to the relevant public body; and
(b)state the grounds on which it is based.