# The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Regulation 9: Amendment of Article 4


(1) Article 4 is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, omit “Union,”.
(3) In paragraph 1—
(a) in the words before point (a)—
(i) for “are” substitute “is”;
(ii) omit “Union,”;
(b) in point (b), for “Union legislation” substitute “retained EU law”.
(4) In paragraph 2—
(a) for “have” substitute “has”;
(b) omit “Union,”;
(c) for “they” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”.
(5) In paragraph 3—
(a) omit “by Member States”;
(b) for “that Member State” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”;
(c) for “Member States”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “the competent authority”.
(6) In paragraph 4—
(a) omit “by Member States”;
(b) for “Article 17(2)(a) of Directive 2008/56/EC” substitute “regulations 10(2) and 11(4) of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1399/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marine-environment-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-9
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