
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Notification of New Substances (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 13th April 2001.
2 
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993.
3 
For sub-paragraph (d) of regulation 3(2) of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(d) a new substance which is placed on the market exclusively for use as an active substance in one or more of the following, namely—
(i) a biocidal product to which the Biocidal Products Regulations 2001 apply,
(ii) a biocidal product to which the Biocidal Products Regulations 2001 would have applied but for regulation 3(2) of those Regulations,
(iii) a plant protection product to which the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 apply, or
(iv) a pesticide to which the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 apply.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
16th March 2001