Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1742

Environmental protection

[^F1 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 ^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 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;

^F2 ...

“ REACH ” means EC Regulation 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals ^M3 ;

^F3 ...

Competent authority

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

^F4 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F4 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) in Northern Ireland, the [^F5 Department for the Economy ^F5] and the [^F6 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ^F6] acting alone or jointly.

(2) In relation to matters outside the competence of [^F7 the Northern Ireland Assembly ^F7] , the competent authority is the Secretary of State.

Obligations in relation to the United Kingdom

^F8 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^F1]

Jeff Rooker

Minster of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

in force	Provision is in force
in force*	In force only for specified purposes (see footnote)
not in force	Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
defined term	Defined term
_dfn	Defined term (alternative style)

in force

Provision is in force

in force*

In force only for specified purposes (see footnote)

not in force

Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)

defined term

Defined term

_dfn

Defined term (alternative style)

footnote	commentary	geo extent	insert/omit
F1	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)	: England, Wales and Scotland
F1	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)	: England, Wales and Scotland
F1	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)	: England, Wales and Scotland
F1	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)	: England, Wales and Scotland
F1	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)	: England, Wales and Scotland
F2	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)		inserted, omitted
F3	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)		inserted, omitted
F4	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)		inserted, omitted
F5	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)		inserted, substituted
F6	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)		inserted, substituted
F7	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)		inserted, substituted
F8	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)		inserted, omitted
M1	S.I. 2006/608 .
M2	1972 c.68 .
M3	O.J. No. L396, 30.12.06, p. 1.

Defined Term	Section/Article	ID	Scope of Application
competent authority	reg. 2.	def_be27ab2db3
REACH	reg. 2.	def_9d61614594

Defined Term

Section/Article

Scope of Application

competent authority

reg. 2.

def_be27ab2db3

REACH