European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.
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paragraphs: The European Communities (Authorization, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) Regulations 2001 (S. I. No. 625 of 2001) are amended—
(a) in Regulation 2(1) by deleting the definitions of “Annex I”, “Annex IA”, “Annex IB”, “Annex IIA”, “Annex IIB”, “Annex IIIA”, “Annex IIIB”, “Annex IVA”, “Annex IVB”, “Annex V”, “Annex VI” and “State Chemist”,
(b) by inserting after Regulation 2(5) the following paragraph—
“(6)A reference to an Annex, unless the context requires otherwise, is a reference to an Annex to the Directive of 1998.”,
(c) by inserting after Regulation 36 the following Regulation—
“Appointment of Authorised Officers and Designated Analysts
36A. (1) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint such and so many persons as he or she thinks fit to be authorised officers for the purposes of some or all of these Regulations as may be specified in the instrument.
(2) The Minister may terminate the appointment of an authorised officer appointed by him or her, whether or not the appointment was for a fixed period.
(3) An appointment as an authorised officer ceases—
(a) if it is terminated pursuant to paragraph 2,
(b) if it is for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period, or
(c) if the person appointed is an officer of the Minister upon the person ceasing to be such an officer.
(4) Nothing in paragraph (3) is to be construed so as to prevent the Minister from reappointing as an authorised officer a person to whom that paragraph relates.
(5) An officer of the Minister shall furnish an authorised officer with a warrant of his or her appointment as an authorised officer and, when exercising a power conferred on him or her, the officer, an officer of Customs and Excise or a member of the Garda SiochÃ¡na shall, if requested by a person affected, produce the warrant or evidence that he or she is such an officer or member to the person.
(6) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint such and so many persons as he or she thinks fit to be designated analysts for the purposes of these Regulations.
(7) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a designated analyst appointed by him or her, whether or not the appointment was for a fixed period.
(8) An appointment as a designated analyst ceases—
(a) if it is terminated pursuant to paragraph 7,
(b) if it is for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period, or
(c) if the person appointed is an officer of the Minister upon the person ceasing to be such an officer.
(9) Nothing in paragraph (8) is to be construed so as to prevent the Minister from reappointing as a designated analyst a person to whom that paragraph relates.
(10) An officer of the Minister shall furnish a designated analyst with a warrant of his or her appointment as a designated analyst.”,
(d) by deleting Regulation 37(7) and (8), and