# The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Introduction: Introductory text


Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Made 14th March 2014
Laid before Parliament 14th March 2014
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 14th March 2014
Coming into force 6th April 2014
The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, have in accordance with section 2(4) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 consulted—
(a) the Environment Agency;
(b) the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
(c) such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small business respectively as they consider appropriate; and
(d) such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment. The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of that Act in relation to the prevention, reduction and management of waste.
The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, sections 5(3)(b) and (4)(b) and 8(2) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, and section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/656/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2014/introduction
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