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These draft Regulations supersede the draft of the same title which was laid before the Scottish Parliament and published on 11 January 2019 (ISBN 978-0-11-104043-0 ). They are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Regulations.

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(2) of schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Environmental Protection

Made 2019

Coming into force 15th March 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with paragraph 2(2) of schedule 2 of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), section 3(3) and schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.