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This Statutory Instrument has been amended by S.I. 1993/152 which is printed hereinas pages 19 and 20 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of S.I. 1992/3280.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 21st December 1992

Laid before Parliament 11th January 1993

Coming into force 1st February 1993

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1, being the Ministers designated^f2 for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms, and sections 106(4) and (5), 107(8), 111(1), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 122(1) and (4) and 126(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990^f3, and the Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 156 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, hereby make the following Regulations:—C1