The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Waste Directive) (England and Wales) Order 2016

Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 398

Environmental Protection, England And Wales

The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Waste Directive) (England and Wales) Order 2016

Made

15th March 2016

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

[F1 The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (E.) (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), reg. 1(1)(6), Sch. para. 63; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Citation, commencement, extent and application E+W

1.— [F1 (1) This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Waste Directive) (England and Wales) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3) This Order applies in relation to—

(a) England and the sea adjacent to England out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and

(b) Wales, within the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006(2).

(4) In paragraph (3)(a), the sea adjacent to England is so much of the sea adjacent to Great Britain as—

(a) is not the sea adjacent to Scotland; and

(b) does not form part of Wales.

(5) In paragraph (4)(a), the sea adjacent to Scotland has the same meaning as the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland has by virtue of section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998(3).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (E.) (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), reg. 1(1)(6), Sch. para. 63; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Designation E+W

2.  [F1 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste(4) is designated as a relevant directive for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (E.) (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), reg. 1(1)(6), Sch. para. 63; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Revocation E+W

3.   [F1 Omit article 2(a) of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2015(5).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (E.) (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), reg. 1(1)(6), Sch. para. 63; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Rory Stewart

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carl Sargeant

Minister for Natural Resources

One of the Welsh Ministers

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p 3) as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 (OJ No L 184, 11.07.15, p 13) for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c.24). This allows regulations to be made under that Act which make provision corresponding or similar to any provision made, or capable of being made, under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68) in connection with Directive 2008/98/EC.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the public, private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

(1)

1999 c.24; paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2011/1043. Functions of the Secretary of State under this paragraph, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (except in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation) by virtue of article 3 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958). Those functions were then transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).

(2)

2006 c.32. Section 158(1) defines “Wales” as including the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea. Section 158(3) (as substituted by section 43(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23)) makes provision for the determination of any boundary between waters which are to be treated as parts of the sea adjacent to Wales and those which are not. The boundary between the sea adjacent to Wales and that adjacent to England is partly determined by article 6 of, and Schedule 3 to, S.I. 1999/672. By virtue of paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006, S.I. 1999/672 continues to have effect.

(3)

1998 c.46. The boundaries between waters which are to be treated as internal waters or territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland and those which are not are set out in S.I. 1999/1126.

(4)

OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p 3, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 (OJ No L 184, 11.07.15, p 13).

(5)

S.I. 2015/1352.