Part 8: Miscellaneous and General Provisions
The use of chemicals in the EU is regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency (the "REACH Regulation"). The REACH Regulation forms part of retained EU law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("the Withdrawal Act"). The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 2008/2852) provide for the contravention of various provisions of the REACH Regulation to be a criminal offence and set out which domestic bodies enforce those offences. Part 8 and Schedule 21 give the Secretary of State the power to amend the REACH Regulation and the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 2008/2852) as they apply in the UK at the end of the transition period, in order to keep them up to date and respond to emerging needs or ambitions for the effective management of chemicals. They also give the Devolved Administrations the equivalent power to amend the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008.