Copies of defence exemption certificates from REACH legislation
Dear Health and Safety Executive,
I would like to request:
Figures for the annual numbers of defence exemptions from REACH legislation received by HSE since 2008.
Yours faithfully,
Doug Weir
Dear Mr Weir
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request of 20th December
which I have pasted your request below for our records.
I can confirm that the request is being dealt with by the Chemicals
Regulation Directorate (CRD) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA). The FOIA provides a system of fully enforceable rights of access
to information held by public authorities such as the Health & Safety
Executive (HSE) subject to limited exemptions such as the protection of
the confidentiality of commercial information.
As required by the Act, we aim to answer your request within 20 working
days from the date we receive it; i.e. in this case by 22nd January. If
for any reason we are unable to meet this deadline we will keep you fully
informed of the reasons for this and will tell you when you can expect a
response.
General guidance on how the Health & Safety Executive deals with requests
under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information
Regulations can be found on the HSE website at
[1]http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/index.htm
Kind Regards
Mike
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Mike Potts
Compliance Team
Chemicals Regulation Directorate
HSE, Redgrave Court, Bootle, Merseyside L20 7HS
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your request for information about the numbers of exemptions
from the REACH legislation received by HSE since 2008, which we received
on 20th December.
I can confirm that your request is being dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and having considered the matter carefully we
have reached the conclusion that this information can be disclosed.
Copies of the requested information are therefore attached to this email.
You should note that the Ministry of Defence receive these
applications for exemptions and we have provided you with the figures they
have sent to us.
2009 - 172 REACH Defence Exemptions issued.
2010 - 128
2011 - 30
General guidance on how the Health & Safety Executive deals with requests
under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information
Regulations can be found on the HSE website at
[1]http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/index.htm
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
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internal review within two calendar months of the date of this letter by
writing to me.
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the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
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Tel: 01625 545700
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Website: [3]http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Mike Potts
HM Inspector of Health and Safety
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