# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, extent and application


(1) These Regulations—
(a) may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;
(b) come into force on 6th April 2010, immediately after the coming into force of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2009; and
(c) extend to England and Wales only.
(2) These Regulations apply to the sea adjacent to England and Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and for that purpose—
(a) the sea adjacent to England is so much of the sea adjacent to Great Britain as is not the sea adjacent to Wales or the sea adjacent to Scotland;
(b) the sea adjacent to Wales has the same meaning as it has by virtue of section 158(3) or (4) of the Government of Wales Act 2006; and
(c) the sea adjacent to Scotland has the same meaning as the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland has by virtue of section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-1
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