
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board (Abolition) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 19th April 1999.
2 
In these Regulations “the Board” means the body corporate established by regulation 2(1) of the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992.
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The Board is hereby abolished.
4 
The Secretary of State 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.
5 
All the property, rights and liabilities to which the Board is entitled or subject immediately before the date on which these Regulations come into force are transferred on that date to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
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Anything duly done by, or any request or decision duly made by, the Board is deemed to have been duly done by, or made by, the Secretary of State.
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(1) In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments and authorities subject to investigation) the entry “United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board” is omitted.
(2) Notwithstanding the abolition of the Board, a complaint in relation to the Board may be made or investigated under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 as if the complaint had been made in relation to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
8 
In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (bodies whose employees etc. may be covered by superannuation schemes), under the heading “Other bodies” the entry “United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board” is omitted.
9 
In section 507(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (bodies entitled to exemption from tax corresponding to certain charities), paragraph (e) (the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board) is omitted.
10 
The United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd March 1999