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 :(b) enforcement authorities shall undertake collaborative working where they have a shared interest.

(2) The Secretary of State shall inform the European Commission as to the arrangements for the enforcement of these Regulations, including which bodies are enforcement authorities.

Information

39.—(1) An enforcement authority shall in general make available to the public such information as is available to it on the following matters relating to the risks to consumer health and safety posed by a product—
 * (a) the nature of the risk,
 * (b) the product identification,

and the measures taken in respect of the risk, without prejudice to the need not to disclose information for effective monitoring and investigation activities.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any information obtained by an enforcement authority for the purposes of these Regulations which, by its nature, is covered by professional secrecy, unless the circumstances require such information to be made public in order to protect the health and safety of consumers.

(3) The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information)(Amendment and Specification) Order 2003(a) is amended—
 * (i) by the omission of the “General Product Safety Regulations 1994” from Schedules 3 and 4; and
 * (ii) by the insertion of the “General Product Safety Regulations 2005” at the end of Schedules 3 and 4.

Service of documents

40.—(1) A document required or authorised by virtue of these Regulations to be served on a person may be so served—
 * (a) on an individual by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post to him at that address;
 * (b) on a body corporate other than a limited liability partnership, by serving it in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) on the secretary of the body;
 * (c) on a limited liability partnership, by serving it in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) on a member of the partnership; or
 * (d) on a partnership, by serving it in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business;
 * (e) on any other person by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post to him at that address.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), and for the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978(b) (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that paragraph, the proper address of a person on whom a document is to be served by virtue of these Regulations shall be his last known address except that—
 * (a) in the case of a body corporate (other than a limited liability partnership) or its secretary, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body;
 * (b) in the case of a limited liability partnership or a member of the partnership, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the partnership;

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