Chemicals Act 2008
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PART 3 National Authorities | ||
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National authorities. |
8.— (1) The following are designated national authorities in the State for the purposes of the Rotterdam Regulation: | |
(a) the Authority; | ||
(b) the Revenue Commissioners, for the purposes only of Article 17 of that Regulation; | ||
(c) the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in respect of pesticides (other than for the purposes of the said Article 17). | ||
(2) The following are competent authorities in the State for the purposes of the Detergents Regulation: | ||
(a) the Authority; | ||
(b) the Environmental Protection Agency, in respect of matters relating to biodegradability of surfactants in detergents; | ||
(c) the Minister for Health and Children, for the purposes only of Article 9(3) of that Regulation; | ||
(d) the Irish National Accreditation Board, for the purposes only of Article 8(2) and (3) of that Regulation. | ||
(3) The following are competent authorities in the State for the purposes of the REACH Regulation: | ||
(a) the Authority; | ||
(b) subject to paragraph (c), the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in respect of pesticides; | ||
(c) the Environmental Protection Agency, in respect of the prevention of environmental pollution. | ||
(4) A national authority (other than the Authority) shall, in accordance with such guidelines (if any) as may be given to that national authority by the Authority— | ||
(a) make adequate arrangements for the performance of its functions under the relevant chemicals statutory provisions, | ||
(b) keep appropriate records, and | ||
(c) furnish to the Authority— | ||
(i) a report within 2 months after the end of each year in accordance with subsection (5), and | ||
(ii) such other reports and information relating to the performance of its functions as the Authority may, from time to time, require, or as may be prescribed. | ||
(5) The report referred to in subsection (4)(c)(i) shall be in a form agreed with the Authority and include— | ||
(a) information on the performance of the national authority of its functions, and | ||
(b) such other information that the national authority considers appropriate, or as the Authority may require. | ||
(6) In this section— | ||
“ environmental pollution ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 (inserted by section 6 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003 ) of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 , subject to the modification that references in subsection (2) thereof to “sub-stances, heat or noise” be construed as references to “ chemicals ”; | ||
“ Irish National Accreditation Board ” means the committee commonly known by that name established pursuant to section 10 (amended by section 46 of the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 ) of the Industrial Development Act 1993 ; | ||
“ pesticides ” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(4) of the Rotterdam Regulation. |