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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1742

Environmental protection

[F1The REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007

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.

Citation and commencementU.K.

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

InterpretationU.K.

2.  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 M3;

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Competent authorityU.K.

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.

Obligations in relation to the United KingdomU.K.

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Jeff Rooker

Minster of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Explanatory Note

(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.