Proceedings under these Regulations shall be brought in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland in the High Court and, in Scotland, before the Court of Session.

These Regulations are without prejudice to the availability of any criminal proceedings which may be taken under the 1968 Act or the Advertising Regulations.

The Health Ministers (whether one of them acting alone or two or more of them acting jointly) may, in performing functions conferred on them by these Regulations, institute civil proceedings in their own name.