# The Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2009, Introduction: Introductory text


Climate Change
Made 25th August 2009
Laid before Parliament 27th August 2009
Coming into force 17th September 2009
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references to European Community instruments in these Regulations to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and subsection (1) of section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (the “1999 Act”), having, in accordance with subsection (4) of section 2 of the 1999 Act, consulted the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses and such other bodies and persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2301/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2009/introduction
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