reg 72 Action by enforcing authority
(1) An enforcing authority may itself take action which an economic operator could have been required to take by a notice served under these Regulations where the conditions for serving such a notice are met and either— (a) the enforcing authority has been unable to identify any economic operator on whom to serve such a notice, or (b) the economic operator on whom such a notice has been served has failed to comply with it. (2) If the enforcing authority has taken action as a result of the condition in paragraph (1)(b) being met, the authority may recover from the economic operator, as a civil debt, any costs or expenses reasonably incurred by the enforcing authority in taking the action. (3) A civil debt recoverable under paragraph (2) may be recovered summarily— (a) in England and Wales by way of a complaint pursuant to section 58 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 , (b) in Northern Ireland in proceedings under article 62 of the Magistrates' Court (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 .