The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 428

Environmental Protection, England And Wales

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018

Made

21st March 2018

Laid before Parliament

28th March 2018

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

28th March 2018

Coming into force

2nd May 2018

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 7(9) of and Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(1) (“the 1999 Act”).

In accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have consulted—

(a)

the Environment Agency;

(b)

the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(c)

such bodies and persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small business as they considered appropriate; and

(d)

such other bodies or persons as they considered appropriate.

(1)

1999 c. 24. Amendments to section 2 were made by S.I. 2013/755. The functions of the Secretary of State under or in relation to section 2, 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 article 3 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958). A further amendment was made to section 2 which is not relevant to this instrument. Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2011/1043. See also S.I. 2017/1248 designating Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1. Further amendments to Schedule 1 were made which are not relevant to this instrument.