Introductory text
United Kingdom
Energy
Made 7th September 2016
Laid before Parliament 13th September 2016
Coming into force 1st October 2016
The Secretary of State is designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the environment. Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, section 4(1)(c) of the Petroleum Act 1998f3, and sections 2(2) to (4) and (6) and 82(2) and (3) of the Energy Act 2016f4.
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1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). Section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) provides that despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under Community law, any function of a Minister of the Crown shall continue to be exercisable by that Minister as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
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1998 c. 17. Section 4 is amended by section 48(6) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), which has not yet been commenced.
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