The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 925

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005

Made

23rd March 2005

Laid before Parliament

30th March 2005

Coming into force

21st April 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972(1), being a Minister designated for the purpose of that subsection in relation to greenhouse gas emission allowance trading(2), and subsection (1) of section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(3) (the “1999 Act”), having in accordance with subsection (4) of section 2 of the 1999 Act, consulted the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to her to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as she considers appropriate and such other bodies and persons as she considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1972 c. 68. As regards Scotland, see also section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), which provides that, despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of that Act of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under Community law, any function of a Minister of the Crown in relation to any matter shall continue to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

(2)

S.I. 2004/1984.

(3)

1999 c. 24.