2007 No. 1742
Environmental protection
The REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007
Regulations 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)
Made 15th June 2007
Laid before Parliament 21st June 2007
Coming into force 16th July 2007

The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to persistent organic pollutants, dangerous substances, preparations and chemicals.
S.I. 2006/608.
1972 c.68.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations under powers conferred by that section.

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 16th July 2007.

2 Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“competent authority” means any of the authorities referred to in Regulation 3;
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“REACH” means EC Regulation 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals ;
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Words 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)
O.J. No. L396, 30.12.06, p. 1.
Words 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)

3 Competent authority
1 Subject to paragraph (2), the following is a competent authority—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reg. 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)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) in Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs acting alone or jointly.
Words 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)
Words 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)
2 In relation to matters outside the competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the competent authority is the Secretary of State.
Words 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)

4 Obligations in relation to the United Kingdom
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Reg. 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.