(1) A competent authority must perform the functions set out in this Part.

(2) Each person specified in the first column of Part 1 of Schedule 1 is -

(a) a competent authority for the purposes of these Regulations, and

(b) the relevant competent authority in relation to alternative dispute resolution services offered by the person specified alongside it in the second column of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2), each person specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 is -

(a) a competent authority for the purposes of these Regulations in relation to the area for which it has regulatory responsibility or any area for which it has oversight under any enactment, and

(b) the relevant competent authority in relation to an ADR entity or ADR applicant which offers alternative dispute resolution services in that area.

(4) The Secretary of State is the relevant competent authority in relation to -