The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 528

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002

Made

8th March 2002

Laid before Parliament

8th March 2002

Coming into force

31st March 2002

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—

• in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by—

  (a)

  subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities 1972(1), and

  (b)

  as regards Scotland, that subsection and section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998(2),

• being a Minister designated(3) for the purposes of that subsection in relation to measures relating to the protection of the ozone layer and measures relating to substances that deplete the ozone layer, and

• having consulted the committee established under section 140(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(4), having published notices in pursuance of section 140(6)(b) of that Act, having considered the representations made to her in accordance with the notices, and considering it appropriate to make these Regulations for the purpose of preventing the substances and articles specified in them from causing pollution of the environment and harm to human health and to the health of animals and plants, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 140(1), (2), (3)(b), (4) and (9) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and, as regards Scotland, section 57(2) of the Scotland Act 1998, and in exercise of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).

(2)

1998 c. 46.

(3)

S.I. 1995/262.

(4)

1990 c. 43.