Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Environmental Protection
Made
14th November 2018
Coming into operation
31st December 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, being a department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environment, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act(3).
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.
1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) is amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
Paragraph 1A is inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51). The relevant amendments are section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).