The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

12.—(1) Article 13 is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 2—

(a) in the second sentence—

(i) for “The Commission,” substitute “ The Secretary of State, ”;

(ii) for “Commission Regulation on test methods adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 133(4)” substitute “ Test Methods Regulation ”;

(b) for the third sentence substitute—

“Amendments to the Test Methods Regulation may be made by regulations made by the Secretary of State. Amendments to the Annexes of this Regulation may be made by regulations made by the Secretary of State. Regulations under this paragraph are to be made by statutory instrument; and a statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. The functions of making regulations under this paragraph are subject to the consent requirement in Article 4A.”.

(3) In paragraph 3, in the first subparagraph—

(a) in the first sentence—

(i) for “a Commission Regulation” substitute “ the Test Methods Regulation ”;

(ii) omit “the Commission or”;

(b) omit the second sentence.

(4) In paragraph 4—

(a) for “Directive 2004/10/EC” substitute “ the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1999 M1 ”;

(b) omit “the Commission or”;

(c) for “Directive 86/609/EC” substitute “ the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 M2 ”.

(5) At the end insert—

“6.   In this Article “Test Methods Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 440/2008.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1999/3106. The definition of “principles of good laboratory practice” was substituted by, and Schedules 1 and 2 were amended by, S.I. 2004/994.

M2 1986 c. 14, amended by paragraph 66 of Schedule 10 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), the Schedule to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51), paragraph 59 of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40), Part 9 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 to the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), paragraph 18 of Schedule 10 to the Tribunal, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 5 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16); S.I. 1993/2013, 1996/3278, 1998/1674, 1974, 2006/2407, 2012/3039, 2014/2124, 2015/1782, 2018/486; S.S.I 2006/536; and S.R. 1993/407, 1997/226, 1998/331.