# The Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W

Agriculture, Wales
Livestock Industries
Animals, Wales
Animal Health
Animal Welfare
Environmental Protection, Wales
Freedom Of Information, Wales
Horticulture, Wales
Plant Health, Wales
Sea Fisheries, Wales
Conservation Of Sea Fish
Seeds, Wales
Town And Country Planning, Wales
Waste, Wales
Water, Wales
Water Industry, Wales
Water Resources, Wales
Made 20 November 2018
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 23 November 2018
Coming into force 17 December 2018
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—
(a) section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”), except so far as relating to regulations 2, 5, 15, 16, 36 and 37;
(b) section 58B of the Government of Wales Act 2006, so far as relating to regulations 2 and 5;
(c) sections 103(1) to (3), (7), 104(4) and (6) of the Water Act 2003, so far as relating to regulation 15;
(d) sections 33A and 219(2)(f) of the Water Resources Act 1991, so far as relating to regulation 16;
(e) sections 1 and 8 of the Animal Health Act 1981, so far as relating to regulations 36 and 37.
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to—
(a) the quality of water intended for domestic purposes or for use in a food production undertaking;
(b) measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and the management of packaging and packaging waste;
(c) the prevention, reduction and management of waste;
(d) the prevention and remedying of land contamination;
(e) flood risk management;
(f) measures relating to water resources;
(g) the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources;
(h) the common agricultural policy;
(i) the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health;
(j) measures relating to the control and regulation of the deliberate release, placing on the market and transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms;
(k) the common agricultural policy of the European Union;
(l) the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for references to EU instruments in regulations 11, 17(2), 17(3), 18(2)(a), 18(2)(b), 18(3), 23, 37(2)(a) and 37(4) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1216/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-planning-and-rural-affairs-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2018/introduction
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