Introductory text
England and Wales
Water Resources, England And Wales
Made 24th August 2015
Laid before Parliament 24th August 2015
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 24th August 2015
Coming into force 14th September 2015
The Secretary of State, acting in relation to river basin districts that are wholly in England, and the Welsh Ministers, acting in relation to river basin districts that are wholly in Wales, and the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers acting jointly in relation to river basin districts that are partly in England and partly in Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1.
The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of that section in relation to matters relating to the environmentf2, and the Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of that section in relation to water resourcesf3.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule.
- f2
- f3
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S.I. 2003/2901, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.