The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1360

Environmental Protection

The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015

Made

5th June 2015

Laid before Parliament

9th June 2015

Coming into force

1st July 2015

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

(a)

section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 M1 (“the ECA 1972”); and

(b)

section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (“the PPCA 1999”) M2 .

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the ECA 1972 in relation to the environment M3 and batteries and accumulators M4 .

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the ECA 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the references to the European Union instrument mentioned in regulations 2(b), 3(4), 5(b), 7(3)(a)(i), 8(2) and 9 to be construed as references to that instrument as amended from time to time.

The Secretary of State has in accordance with section 2(4) of the PPCA 1999 consulted—

(a)

the Environment Agency;

(b)

such bodies or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and

(c)

such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and by S.I. 2007/1388. Under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), despite the transfer to the Welsh Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under EU law in relation to devolved matters, the Secretary of State retains power to exercise such functions as regards Wales. Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under EU law in respect of devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable as regards Scotland.

M2 1999 c.24; section 2 was amended by section 62(13) of the Water Act 2014 (c.21) and by S.I. 2013/755 (W.90). Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2005/925, 2011/1043 and 2012/2788.

M3 S.I. 2008/301.

M4 S.I. 2007/3471.