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3.—(1) The competent authority in respect of the relevant legislation is for the purposes of Article 4—
(a)to the extent that it has functions in relation to the welfare requirements of animals as the competent authority for the purposes of regulation 3 of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012(1), Food Standards Scotland;
(b)for all other purposes, the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Local authorities and food authorities are designated authorities in relation to enforcement functions (other than prosecution) which they exercise under relevant legislation.
(3) A designated authority must keep written records (which may be in electronic form) of official controls and other official activities that they perform, and such records must include—
(a)a description of the purpose of the official controls and other official activities;
(b)the control methods applied;
(c)any action that the designated authority requires to be taken; and
(d)the outcome.
(4) Where non-compliance has been identified by any designated authority through the application of official controls, the operator must be promptly informed of the non-compliance.
(5) In this regulation—
(a)“food authority” has in relation to any relevant legislation the same meaning as it has in that legislation, and includes a food authority that is an enforcement authority for the purposes of that legislation; and
(b)“local authority” has in relation to any relevant legislation the same meaning as it has in that legislation.
S.S.I. 2012/321 as last amended by S.S.I. 2015/161.
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