Paragraph 300

(1)

Article 2 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the appropriate place insert— “ “England” includes the sea adjacent to England, not forming any part of Wales, to a distance of 12 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured; ”.

(3)

For the definition of “the grantee” substitute—

““the grantee” means the Environment Agency in relation to England and the Natural Resources Body for Wales in relation to Wales;”.

(4)

In the appropriate place insert—

“Wales” has the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 M1.”

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 2006 c. 32. The boundary between the sea adjacent to Wales and that adjacent to England is described by article 6 of and Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). By virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act, S.I. 1999/672 continues to have effect.