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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 2(8) and (9)(e) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and section 20(3) of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Environmental Protection, England

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Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999^f1(“the 1999 Act”) and section 4(4)(a) and (5) of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008^f2 (“the 2008 Act”).

In accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Environment 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 as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, and such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 2(8) and (9)(e) of the 1999 Act and section 20(3) of the 2008 Act.

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Footnotes

f1: 1999 c. 24. Section 2 was amended by section 62(13) of the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) and S.I. 2013/755. Schedule 1 was amended by section 38 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c. 33), section 105 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), section 70 of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) and by S.I. 2005/925, 2012/2788, 2015/664, 2018/942, 2019/458, 2023/149 and 2023/1424. There are other amendments but none are relevant.
f2: 2008 c. 13.