CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

[F1 Article 3A U.K. Definitions: “competent authority” and “constituent territory”

1. In this Regulation, a reference to a competent authority or a constituent territory is to be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

2. The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the constituent territory of England.

3. The Welsh Ministers are the competent authority for the constituent territory of Wales.

4. The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for the constituent territory of Scotland.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 3A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)