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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1742

Environmental protection

The 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 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 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 commencement

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

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“ competent authority ” means any of the authorities referred to in Regulation 3;

...

“ REACH ” means EC Regulation 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals ;

...

Competent authority

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following is a competent authority—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) in Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs acting alone or jointly.

(2) In relation to matters outside the competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly , the competent authority is the Secretary of State.

Obligations in relation to the United Kingdom

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jeff Rooker

Minster of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Status: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007.
[The REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007 (2007/1742)

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F1Regulations 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): England, Wales and Scotland
F1Regulations 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): England, Wales and Scotland
F1Regulations 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): England, Wales and Scotland
F1Regulations 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): England, Wales and Scotland
F1Regulations 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): England, Wales and Scotland
F2Words 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)inserted, omitted
F3Words 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)inserted, omitted
F4Reg. 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)inserted, omitted
F5Words 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)inserted, substituted
F6Words 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)inserted, substituted
F7Words 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)inserted, substituted
F8Reg. 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)inserted, omitted
M1S.I. 2006/608 .
M21972 c.68 .
M3O.J. No. L396, 30.12.06, p. 1.
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