The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008

PART 4 Enforcement powers and civil proceedings

Enforcement powers

9.—(1) Schedule 6 (powers of enforcement) has effect.

(2) To facilitate the exercise of a duty of an enforcing authority under these Regulations, an officer of Revenue and Customs may detain, for not more than two working days, an article or substance which has been imported.

(3) Anything detained must be dealt with in such manner as the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs may direct.

(4) In paragraph (2), the reference to two working days has the meaning given in section 25A of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974(1)(power of customs officer to detain articles and substances).

Authorised persons

10.—(1) An enforcing authority may authorise in writing such persons who appear suitable to act on its behalf (“authorised persons”), subject to any limitations or conditions as the enforcing authority sees fit.

(2) Where—

(a) a person has been authorised by an enforcing authority under a provision relevant to that authority listed in Schedule 7 (authorisations); and

(b) unless the enforcing authority provides to the contrary,

that person is an authorised person for the purposes of paragraph (1) in respect of that authority.

(1)

1974 c. 37; section 25A was inserted by section 36 and Schedule 3, paragraph 3 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43).