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FSA Data Entities and Patterns

Competent Authority

This entity was last updated on 04/09/2020. This is version 1.0

Stable

Model created

09/01/2020

Description

A Competent Authority is a body with regulatory or supervisory oversight of a scheme.

Competent Authorities deliver food and feed official controls. The FSA is the Central Competent Authority responsible for oversight and assurance that the food and feed regulatory system is effective.

A scheme is owned and delivered by Competent Authorities, however schemes may be owned and delivered by different competent authorities i.e., FHRS.

Entity diagram

Competent Authority

Synonyms

  • Local Authority
  • Port Health Authority
  • Central Competent Authority
  • Other government department

What it is not

This entity refers only to competent authorities as defined by the Food Standards agency within the Competent authority register, found below.

Properties, identifiers and reference data

Key properties

  • Competent Authority URI (see reference data below)
  • Competent Authority Name (label)
  • Competent Authority Code (notation)

Contextual properties

The key property fields are the minimum required for the Competent Authority entity, other fields may be added for implementation reasons eg type of authority but please avoid using other legacy fields such as additional reference numbers as this adds complexity.

Unique identifiers

The unique identifier for a competent authority is the URI of the registry entry.

Reference data