# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Climate Change
Made 5th December 2017
Laid before Parliament 6th December 2017
Coming into force 27th December 2017
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.
In accordance with section 2(4) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), the Secretary of State has consulted the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and such bodies or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses, and such other bodies and persons, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 7(9) of and Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act, and by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1207/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction
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