The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Amendment of Article 4

9.—(1) Article 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In the heading, omit “Union,”.

(3) In paragraph 1—

(a) in the words before point (a)—

(i) for “are” substitute “is”;

(ii) omit “Union,”;

(b) in point (b), for “Union legislation” substitute “retained EU law”.

(4) In paragraph 2—

(a) for “have” substitute “has”;

(b) omit “Union,”;

(c) for “they” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”.

(5) In paragraph 3—

(a) omit “by Member States”;

(b) for “that Member State” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”;

(c) for “Member States”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “the competent authority”.

(6) In paragraph 4—

(a) omit “by Member States”;

(b) for “Article 17(2)(a) of Directive 2008/56/EC” substitute “regulations 10(2) and 11(4) of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010”.