# The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008, Regulation 9: Enforcement powers

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

(1) Schedule 6 (powers of enforcement) has effect.
(2) To facilitate the exercise of a duty of an enforcing authority under these Regulations, an officer of Revenue and Customs may detain, for not more than two working days, an article or substance which has been imported.
(3) Anything detained must be dealt with in such manner as the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs may direct.
(4) In paragraph (2), the reference to two working days has the meaning given in section 25A of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974(power of customs officer to detain articles and substances).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2852/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-9
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