These Regulations: (a) formally designate the Food Standards Agency as the national competent authority to receive applications for the authorization of new genetically modified organisms for food use, food containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms, or food produced from or containing ingredients produced from genetically modified organisms (reg. 3); (b) provide for food authorities to enforce the provisions of these Regulations and Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 (reg. 4); (c) establish penalties for failing to comply with certain specified provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003, once the Regulations are in force (reg. 5 and the Schedule); (d) apply various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 with some modifications in their application for the purposes of these Regulations (regs. 6 and 7); (e) make consequential amendments to the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 and to the Food (Provisions Relating to Labelling) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (reg. 9).