Lesley Griffiths MS, Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
“I have given formal consent to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs laying the REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023 in Parliament. This statutory instrument extends the transitional deadlines for the registration of existing chemicals with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) by GB businesses following EU Exit by three years. The purpose of this extension is to enable the rules on registration to be reviewed and updated, both to reduce the costs to businesses and to provide more useful data to GB regulators. The deadlines for the checking of registration dossiers by the HSE are also being extended…”
Further information on these changes and the reasons for them may be found in the public consultation outcome document on gov.uk.
Please select the following link to read the full statement Written Statement: The REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (12 April 2023) | GOV.WALES