In these Regulations—

• “a listed REACH provision” means a provision of REACH listed in the REACH table;

• “REACH” means Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals3;

• “the REACH table” means the table in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

In these Regulations—

• “authorised person” means a person authorised by an enforcing authority under regulation 10;

• “competent authority” has the same meaning it has in REACH and in respect of the United Kingdom the authorities are—

  1. a

     in England, the Secretary of State;

  2. b

     in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

  3. c

     in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  4. d

     in Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Department of the Environment acting alone or jointly; and

  5. e

     in relation to matters outside the competence of a devolved administration or the Assembly, the Secretary of State4;

• “devolved administration or the Assembly” means the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or the Northern Ireland Assembly;

• “enforcement duty” means a duty placed on an enforcing authority under regulation 3;

• “enforcing authority” means—

  1. a

     the Department of the Environment;

  2. b

     the Environment Agency;

  3. c

     the Health and Safety Executive;

  4. d

     the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;

  5. e

     a local (consumer safety) authority;

  6. f

     a local (health and safety) authority;

  7. g

     the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

  8. h

     the Secretary of State;

  9. i

     F5the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

• “a local (consumer safety) authority” means—

  1. a

     in Greater London, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

  2. b

     in England outside Greater London, a county council or, in relation to an area for which there is a district council but no county council, the district council, and the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  3. c

     in Northern Ireland, a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 19725;

  4. d

     in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19946;

  5. e

     in Wales, a county council or county borough council;

• “a local (health and safety) authority” means—

  1. a

     in Greater London, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

  2. b

     in England, outside Greater London, a district council or, in relation to an area for which there is a county council but no district council, the county council, and the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  3. c

     in Northern Ireland, a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;

  4. d

     in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

  5. e

     in Wales, a county council or county borough council;

• F1“offshore installation” means—

  1. a

     an offshore installation within the meaning of section 44(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998; or

  2. b

     a carbon storage installation within the meaning of section 30(5) of the Energy Act 2008;

• F2“relevant waters”, in relation to an offshore installation, has the meaning given in section 44(4) of the Petroleum Act 1998;

• F3“Scotland” includes Scottish controlled waters;

• F4“Scottish controlled waters” means—

  1. a

     in relation to an offshore installation which is maintained (or intended to be established) for the purposes of the exploration for, or exploitation of, petroleum (within the meaning of section 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998), any waters which are controlled waters within the meaning of section 30A(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974; and

  2. b

     in relation to any other offshore installation, waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland.

Other expressions used in these Regulations which are used in REACH have the meaning they bear in REACH.