(1) Where any of the competent authorities under these Regulations receives a notification from -
(a) the entity specifically responsible, pursuant to the laws of another Member State that implement Article 36 of the Directive, for ensuring the cooperation referred to in that Article, or
(b) the counterpart authority in another Member State,
that activities contrary to the provisions of the Directive are being, or have been, carried on in the State, it shall take appropriate action under these Regulations or the Act of 2003, as the case may be.
(2) The competent authority shall inform the notifying entity or authority of the outcome of that action, and to the extent possible, of significant developments in the period pending that outcome.
(3) If the competent authority referred to in paragraph (1) is not the competent authority with supervisory and other functions, it shall -
(a) notify that competent authority of the taking by it of the action referred to in that paragraph; and