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Animals, England

Agriculture, England

Environmental Protection, England

Water, England And Wales

Made 10th March 2015

Laid before Parliament 11th March 2015

Coming into force 1st April 2015

The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 in relation to the common agricultural policy^f2 and the environment^f3.

The Secretary of State has consulted Natural England and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England in accordance with section 99 of the Environment Act 1995^f4.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Water Act 1983^f5 and, with the consent of the Treasury, section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973^f6.

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), the Schedule, Part 1.
f2: S.I. 1972/1811. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), article 2.
f3: S.I. 2008/301.
f4: 1995 c. 25; section 99 was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 1996 (c. 16), Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 145.
f5: 1983 c. 23; paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18), Schedule 3, Part 1.
f6: 1973 c. 51; section 56(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043.