{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemicals-health-and-safety-and-genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-157",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemicals-health-and-safety-and-genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-157.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/720",
  "legislation_title": "The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemicals-health-and-safety-and-genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/157",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "157",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 13 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 1—\n(a) omit the first subparagraph;\n(b) in the second subparagraph—\n(i) at the beginning, for “The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act” substitute “ Where the Secretary of State receives a decision guidance document from the Secretariat, the Secretary of State must, taking into account the information in the decision guidance document ”;\n(ii) omit “on behalf of the Union”;\n(iii) omit the second sentence;\n(iv) for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;\n(c) in the third subparagraph—\n(i) omit “under Union legislation”;\n(ii) for “Commission”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ Secretary of State ”;\n(iii) omit “, by means of an implementing act,”;\n(iv) omit the second sentence.\n(3) Omit paragraph 2.\n(4) In paragraph 4, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”.\n(5) In paragraph 5—\n(a) for “Each designated national authority of the Member States” substitute “ The Designated National Authority ”;\n(b) for the words from “available to those concerned” to the end substitute “ publicly available via its website ”.\n(6) In paragraph 6—\n(a) for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;\n(b) for “Member States and the Agency” substitute “ Designated National Authority, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers ”;\n(c) for “propose” substitute “ take ”;\n(d) omit “at Union level”;\n(e) omit “within the Union”.\n(7) After paragraph 6, insert—\n“7 The functions of the Secretary of State under paragraph 1 to adopt an import decision and to adopt a revised import decision are subject to the consent requirement in Article 23B.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 157(6)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1567), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 50"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 157 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/720/schedule/2/paragraph/157",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:46.757889+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}