Amendment of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 200720

In the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 M1, in regulation 8 (prosecutions), after paragraph (2) add—

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Where the Secretary of State makes a direction under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under these Regulations.