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The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as respects Northern Ireland—

• having consulted the committee established under section 140(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990^f1;

• having published notices in pursuance of section 140(6)(b) of that Act;

• having considered any representations made to them in accordance with the notices;

• considering it appropriate to make these Regulations for the purpose of preventing the articles specified in them from causing pollution of the environment;