LACORS (Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services) is the local government central Body that has pioneered the Home Authority Principle.
They are committed to its implementation and development.
LACORS will:
- assist individual businesses with the identification of an appropriate home authority;
- encourage home and originating authorities involved with specific types of businesses to liaise, when necessary;
- provide consensus advice and national guidance in respect of problems referred by local authority liaison groups or trade associations;
- provide on request a 'fast track' conciliation procedure to resolve enforcement differences between authorities likely to impact on a business; [NB: This service is not available for issues which are subjudice; nor for differences between a single authority and an enterprise]
- maintain a home authority database;
- monitor the Home Authority Principle and report on the number and nature of legal actions taken contrary to the advice of a home authority or LACORS National Panel.
European Footnote
LACORS has also advocated the development of the Principle throughout the European Union.
Its principles are central to the single market and to LACORS appointment as the United Kingdom Liaison Body under the EC Additional Food Control Measures Directive.