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Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2383
The United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1992 No. 2383
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992
| Laid before Parliament | 9th October 1992 |
| Coming into force | 1st November 1992 |
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, and the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, as respects Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[1], being the Ministers and government department designated[2] for the purpose of that subsection in relation to the operation of a Community eco-label award scheme, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st November 1992. The United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board
2.—(1) There shall be a body corporate to be known as the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board.
(2) The Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect with respect to the Board.
Functions of the Board
3.—(1) The Board shall be the body in the United Kingdom responsible for carrying out the tasks of the competent body provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 880/92[3].
(2) If so requested by the Secretary of State, the Board— (a) shall represent the United Kingdom on the Committee established by Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 880/92, (b) shall provide advice and support to any other representative the Secretary of State may nominate.
(3) Subject to the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations, the Board shall have power to do any thing or enter into any transaction which in its opinion is incidental to or conducive to the exercise of the functions conferred by paragraphs (1) and (2).
Directions by the Secretary of State
4. The Secretary of State may give the Board directions of a general or specific character where he considers it necessary to ensure the independence and neutrality of the Board and that the Board applies the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 880/92 in a consistent manner.
Michael Howard
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th October 1992
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Wyn Roberts
Minister of State, Welsh Office
6th October 1992
Ian Lang
Secretary of State for Scotland
6th October 1992
R. W. Rogers
Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland
6th October 1992
Notes:[1] 1972 c. 68.
[2] S.I. 1992/1711.
[3] OJ No. L99, 11.4.92, p.1.
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