The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

These Regulations supersede the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 which were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 6th September 2011 and published on 8th September 2011. They are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 105(3) of the Energy Act 2008 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2011 No.

Environmental Protection

The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011

Made

2011

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and sections 21, 27 and 104(2) of the Energy Act 2008(2) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 105(3)(3) of the Energy Act 2008 a draft of the Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

(1)

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3); the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule (1), paragraph 1. The functions conferred upon a Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.

(2)

2008 c.32.

(3)

Section 105(3) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).