Competent authoritiesU.K.
3.—(1) For the purposes of the Community Regulation, the words “the competent authorities” shall be taken, to the extent specified in paragraphs (2) to (4), as a reference to the persons specified in those paragraphs.
(2) In Articles 3, 8(2), 9(3) and 13 of the Community Regulation, the Secretary of State.
(3) In Article 8(1) a person authorised for the purposes of these Regulations by the Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency;
(4) In Articles 5(5), 9(1) and 10 of the Community Regulation, any of the following—
(a)a constable;
(b)an officer of Revenue and Customs under section 2(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (appointment of staff) M1 or other person authorised by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;
(c)a person authorised for the purposes of these Regulations by the Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency;
(d)the Secretary of State.
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