Introductory text
Environmental Protection
Made 17th March 2011
Coming into force 1st April 2011
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 to that Act, a draft of the Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1972 c. 68 (“the 1972 Act”). Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The functions conferred on the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.