EnforcementU.K.
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22.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations and the specified ... provisions are enforced by the local authority within its area.
[(2) In relation to products imported from third countries, where there is a port health authority for the place of import or other place from which release for free circulation in [Great Britain] is being sought, these Regulations and the specified ... provisions are enforced by that authority instead of by the local authority.]
(3) In relation to cases of a particular description, or a particular case, the Secretary of State may give written directions to a local authority or a port health authority concerning the enforcement of these Regulations, and such directions may also be given—
(a)in relation to Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers;
(b)in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers; and
(c)in relation to Northern Ireland, by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.