# The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make amendments to various legislation within the remit of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Regulation 2 amends the definition of “environmental licence” in section 56(1) of the Environment Act 1995, as it applies in England and Wales in relation to the Environment Agency and the Natural Resources Body for Wales, to amend a reference to the EU Waste Framework Directive in consequence of amendments to that Directive.
Regulations 3, 7 to 13, 15, 16, 17(4), 21 to 26 and 28 to 30 amend provisions of subordinate legislation which refer to other domestic or EU legislation in consequence of the amendment, replacement or revocation of that legislation.
Regulation 4 amends provisions of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 to amend the process for designating bathing waters.
Regulation 5 amends provisions of the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 relating to monitoring of nitrate pollution and designation of nitrate vulnerable zones.
Regulations 6, 14, 17(2) and (3), 18 and 27 correct minor errors in the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016, the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011, the Plant Health (England) Order 2015, the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations) 2018 and the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) Regulations 2007.
Regulations 19 and 20 amend provisions in the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989 and the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001 relating to the measurement of mesh size of nets to apply the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008.
Regulation 31 and the Schedule revoke regulations relating to fisheries, agriculture and rural development which are spent or otherwise redundant.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/526/note (the official version)
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