PART 1 U.K. Introductory provisions

Competent authority U.K.

[F1 5.— (1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of the 2014 Regulation in its application to—

(a) England, Wales and Scotland;

(b) offshore installations; and

(c) Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland offshore installations.

(2) The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for the purposes of the 2014 Regulation in its application to Scottish offshore installations.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 5 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/583, regs. 1(1), 35(1)(1B) (as amended by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(18)(a)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)