# The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 157

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Article 13 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1—
(a) omit the first subparagraph;
(b) in the second subparagraph—
(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 ”;
(ii) omit “on behalf of the Union”;
(iii) omit the second sentence;
(iv) for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;
(c) in the third subparagraph—
(i) omit “under Union legislation”;
(ii) for “Commission”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ Secretary of State ”;
(iii) omit “, by means of an implementing act,”;
(iv) omit the second sentence.
(3) Omit paragraph 2.
(4) In paragraph 4, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”.
(5) In paragraph 5—
(a) for “Each designated national authority of the Member States” substitute “ The Designated National Authority ”;
(b) for the words from “available to those concerned” to the end substitute “ publicly available via its website ”.
(6) In paragraph 6—
(a) for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;
(b) for “Member States and the Agency” substitute “ Designated National Authority, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers ”;
(c) for “propose” substitute “ take ”;
(d) omit “at Union level”;
(e) omit “within the Union”.
(7) After paragraph 6, insert—
“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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/720/schedule/2/paragraph/157 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/chemicals-health-and-safety-and-genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-2/paragraph-157
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