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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Annex 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (EUR 2006/1907, “UK REACH”), to include the draft amendment proposed in the decision of the Secretary of State made on 25th June 2025 in accordance with Article 73(1) of UK REACH (“the amendment”). The amendment adds further restrictions on the use and placing on the market of lead and its compounds in entry 63 of the table in Annex 17 of UK REACH, and specifically relates to the presence of lead and its compounds in objects intended to be expelled from a firearm (“projectiles”). 

Paragraphs 11 and 12 of the amendment place restrictions on the use and placing on the market of lead in shot (projectiles in the form of pellets) and of lead in projectiles other than shot in specified concentration limits, and the date from which the restrictions will apply.

Paragraph 13 of the amendment makes derogations from the restrictions for projectiles other than shot where they are used at certain outdoor shooting ranges, and paragraph 14 makes provision for those ranges to be recorded and published.

Paragraph 15 of the amendment makes derogations from the restrictions for air weapons.

Paragraphs 16 to 22 of the amendment make derogations from the restrictions on lead shot in respect of elite athletes and make provisions as to the information that must be provided by those athletes seeking to use lead shot, and by those who wish to supply it.

Paragraph 23 of the amendment makes further derogation provisions for projectiles other than shot in relation to indoor target shooting, use at outdoor shooting ranges, and in respect of live quarry shooting, including zeroing.

Paragraph 24 sets out labelling requirements.

Paragraphs 25 to 26 set out exemptions from the restriction.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument. An assessment of the socioeconomic impact was published by the Health and Safety Executive in its final opinion on its restriction proposal.