Appointment Of Competent Authorities Under Reach

The REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007 Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 1742, were laid before Parliament on 21 June 2007 and come into force on 16 July 2007. The Regulations appoint the Competent Authorities, except in Scotland, for the purposes of the REACH Regulation (1907/2006). Competence is assigned to the Secretary of State in England, the Welsh Ministers in Wales and, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Department of the Environment. The Secretary of State is the Competent Authority for matters that fall outside the competence of a devolved administration.