8.—(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of—
(a)Article 12(2)(b) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (additional provisions on classification by automated grading techniques);
(b)Articles 13 and 14 of the Commission Delegated Regulation and Article 14 of the Commission Implementing Regulation (reporting of market prices and calculation of average price per class);
(c)Article 17(2) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (supplementary provisions for reporting of market prices for carcases);
(d)Article 4(1) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (making and keeping reports for on-the-spot checks).
(2) The Secretary of State is responsible for—
(a)authorisation of automated grading methods for beef carcases as described in Article 10 of the Commission Delegated Regulation;
(b)notifications to the Commission as described in Article 25 of the Commission Delegated Regulation;
(c)on-the-spot checks as described in Articles 2 and 3 of the Commission Implementing Regulation.