3.—(1) For the purposes of Article 123 of the Funds Framework Regulation and in respect of the EMFF Operational Programme—
(a)the managing authority for the United Kingdom is the Secretary of State;
(b)the certifying authority is the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and (for Northern Ireland) the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, acting jointly;
(c)the intermediate bodies are—
(i)for Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(ii)for Wales, the Welsh Ministers; and
(iii)for Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; and
(d)the audit body for the United Kingdom is the Secretary of State.
(2) The bodies designated by paragraph (1) in the respective capacities specified in that paragraph have the functions of acting in those respective capacities.
(3) In this regulation “the EMFF Operational Programme” means the United Kingdom’s operational programme drawn up for the purposes of Article 17 of the EMFF Regulation.