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Statutory Instruments
Environmental protection
Made
15th June 2007
Laid before Parliament
21st June 2007
Coming into force
16th July 2007
The Secretary of State is designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to persistent organic pollutants, dangerous substances, preparations and chemicals.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations under powers conferred by that section.
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(a), 3(1)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
1. These Regulations may be cited as the REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 16th July 2007.
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(a), 3(1)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
2. In these Regulations—
“competent authority” means any of the authorities referred to in Regulation 3;
F2...
“REACH” means EC Regulation 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals M3;
F3...
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(a), 3(1)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(2)(a) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(2)(b) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M3O.J. No. L396, 30.12.06, p. 1.
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following is a competent authority—
F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)in Northern Ireland, the [F5Department for the Economy] and the [F6Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs] acting alone or jointly.
(2) In relation to matters outside the competence of [F7the Northern Ireland Assembly], the competent authority is the Secretary of State.
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(a), 3(1)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Reg. 3(1)(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(3)(a) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 3(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(3)(b)(i) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 3(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(3)(b)(ii) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in reg. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(4) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(a), 3(1)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Reg. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/758, reg. 1(1), Sch. 11 para. 2A(5) (as inserted by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1577), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Jeff Rooker
Minster of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(This note is not part of these Regulations)
These Regulations appoint the competent authorities, except in Scotland, for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (O.J. No. L396, 30.12.06, p. 1).
The Secretary of State is the competent authority in relation to matters that fall outside the competence of a devolved administration.
No impact assessment has been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.