The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 No. 1286

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Amendments for the purpose of, and in connection with, implementing the EEA EFTA free trade agreement

PART 3 U.K. Amendments in relation to F-gas handler professions

Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 U.K.

6.—(1) Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 10 (training and certification)—

(a) in paragraph 10, after “as amended from time to time,” insert “or certificates and training attestations issued by a specified state that are equivalent to those issued in any part of the United Kingdom,”;

(b) after paragraph 15, insert—

“16.   For the purposes of this Article, a ‘specified state’ means one of the states specified in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1

Amendments to the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015 U.K.

7.—(1) The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015(2)are amended as follows.

(2) Regulation 4 (meaning of “competent”) is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(3) In regulation 4(1) as renumbered—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “column 3 of that Table”, insert “, or has obtained the equivalent of those qualifications in a specified state”;

(b) for paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) a person is competent to carry out work with methyl bromide if that person has—

(i) obtained the British Pest Control Association Certificate of Proficiency for Fumigation Operators(3) and successfully completed the British Pest Control Association module referred to in the list in Schedule 3 which relates to the work in question; or

(ii) obtained an equivalent certificate, and successfully completed an equivalent module, in a specified state.”.

(4) After regulation 4(1) as renumbered, insert—

“(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a “specified state” means one of the states specified in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023.”.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1

(1)

EUR 2014/517, as amended by S.I. 2019/583 and S.I. 2020/1616. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

S.I. 2015/168, to which there are amendments but none is relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Details can be obtained from the British Pest Control Association, 4A Mallard Way, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8GX, telephone number: 01332 294288/225113; email: [e-mail].