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The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/1405 · Made 18 December 2018 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Exiting The European Union

Environmental Protection

Sift requirements satisfied 21st November 2018

Made 18th December 2018

Laid before Parliament 21st December 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. (a)

    section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1;

  2. (b)

    section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 M2.

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to persistent organic pollutants M3.

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The European Communities Act 1972 Act is repealed with effect from exit day by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

M2

2018 c. 16.

M3

S.I. 2006/608.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introductory
  2. 1Citation
  3. 2Commencement
  4. Part 2: Amendments to subordinate legislation under section 2(2) of the ECA 1972
  5. 3Amendments to POPR 2007
  6. 4Amendment to regulation 3
  7. 5Amendment to regulation 9
  8. Part 3: Amendments to subordinate legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 Not yet in force
  9. 6Amendments to POPR 2007 Not yet in force
  10. 7Amendments to regulation 3 Not yet in force
  11. 8Omission of regulation 4 Not yet in force
  12. Part 4: Amendments to retained direct EU legislation Not yet in force
  13. 9Amendments to EU POP Regulation Not yet in force
  14. 10Amendments to Article 2 Not yet in force
  15. 11Amendments to Article 3 Not yet in force
  16. 12Amendments to Article 4 Not yet in force
  17. 13Amendments to Article 5 Not yet in force
  18. 14Amendments to Article 6 Not yet in force
  19. 15Amendments to Article 7 Not yet in force
  20. 16Amendments to Article 8 Not yet in force
  21. 17Amendments to Article 9 Not yet in force
  22. 18Amendments to Article 10 Not yet in force
  23. 19Amendment to Article 11 Not yet in force
  24. 20Amendments to Article 12 Not yet in force
  25. 21Omission of Article 13 Not yet in force
  26. 22Omission of Article 15 Not yet in force
  27. 23Omission of Articles 18 and 19 Not yet in force
  28. 24Omission of text following Article 19 Not yet in force
  29. 25Amendments to Annex 1 Not yet in force
  30. 26Amendment to Annex 4 Not yet in force
  31. 27Amendments to Annex 5 Not yet in force
  32. Signature
  33. Explanatory note

1CitationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

2CommencementI1

(1)

This Part and Part 2 come into force on 21st January 2019.

(2)

Parts 3 and 4 come into force on exit day.

3Amendments to POPR 2007I1

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007 M1 are amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5 (also see Part 3).

4Amendment to regulation 3I1

In regulation 3(1)(b), for “the Environment” substitute “ Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ”.

5Amendment to regulation 9I1

In regulation 9(2)(b), for “the Environment” substitute “ Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ”.

6Amendments to POPR 2007F1

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7Amendments to regulation 3F1

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8Omission of regulation 4F1

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9Amendments to EU POP RegulationF1

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10Amendments to Article 2F1

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11Amendments to Article 3F1

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12Amendments to Article 4F1

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13Amendments to Article 5F1

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14Amendments to Article 6F1

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15Amendments to Article 7F1

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16Amendments to Article 8F1

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17Amendments to Article 9F1

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18Amendments to Article 10F1

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19Amendment to Article 11F1

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20Amendments to Article 12F1

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21Omission of Article 13F1

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22Omission of Article 15F1

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23Omission of Articles 18 and 19F1

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24Omission of text following Article 19F1

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25Amendments to Annex 1F1

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26Amendment to Annex 4F1

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27Amendments to Annex 5F1

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Signature

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. (a)

    section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), and

  2. (b)

    section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a), (b), (c) and (g) which apply to this instrument) arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of environmental protection and, in particular, amend legislation relating to the regulation of persistent organic pollutants. Parts 2 and 3 amend secondary legislation. Part 4 amends other legislation.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.