Introductory text

England and Wales

Environmental Protection

Made 11th July 2016

Laid before Parliament 12th July 2016

Coming into force 3rd August 2016

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

(a)

in relation to regulations 8 and 10, section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 (“the 1972 Act”) and section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999^f2 (“the 1999 Act”), and

(b)

otherwise, section 2(2) of the 1972 Act.

The Secretary of State has in accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act consulted—

(a)

the Environment Agency;

(b)

such bodies or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and

(c)

such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the environment^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) 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).
f2: 1999 c.24; section 2 was amended by section 62(13) of the Water Act 2014 (c.21) and by S.I. 2013/755 (W.90). Schedule 1 was amended by section 38 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c.33), by section 105(1) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c.16), and by S.I. 2005/925, 2011/1043, 2012/2788 and 2015/664.
f3: S.I. 2008/301.