CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Definitions: “competent authority” and “constituent territory”
Article 3A
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.
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)