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Introductory text

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

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 The European Communities Act 1972 Act is repealed with effect from exit day by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.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.