The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendments to the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015

7.—(1) The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015(1)are amended as follows.

(2) Regulation 4 (meaning of “competent”) is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(3) In regulation 4(1) as renumbered—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “column 3 of that Table”, insert “, or has obtained the equivalent of those qualifications in a specified state”;

(b) for paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) a person is competent to carry out work with methyl bromide if that person has—

(i) obtained the British Pest Control Association Certificate of Proficiency for Fumigation Operators(2) and successfully completed the British Pest Control Association module referred to in the list in Schedule 3 which relates to the work in question; or

(ii) obtained an equivalent certificate, and successfully completed an equivalent module, in a specified state.”.

(4) After regulation 4(1) as renumbered, insert—

“(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a “specified state” means one of the states specified in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023.”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/168, to which there are amendments but none is relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Details can be obtained from the British Pest Control Association, 4A Mallard Way, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8GX, telephone number: 01332 294288/225113; email: [e-mail].