Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
12.—(1) Article 9 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1, in the words before the first indent, for “authorities of the Member States”, substitute “authority”.
(3) In paragraph 2, in the second sentence—
(a)for “He”, substitute “The manufacturer”;
(b)for “he”, substitute “the manufacturer”.
(4) In paragraph 3—
(a)in the second subparagraph—
(i)for “a Member State”, substitute “the relevant Ministers”;
(ii)for “a specific public body to which the Member State has assigned”, substitute “the National Poisons Information Service (‘NPIS’) or such other body to which the relevant Ministers assign”;
(iii)at the end, insert “within their respective territories”;
(b)after the second subparagraph, insert—
“For the purposes of this Article, ‘the relevant Ministers’ means:
in England, the Secretary of State;
in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;
(c)in the third subparagraph, for “specific public body”, substitute “the NPIS or other body assigned under the second subparagraph”.”