2018 No. 171

Environmental Protection

The Ship Recycling Facilities (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19722.

The Department has been designated3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Ship Recycling Facilities (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 29th October 2018.

Amendment of the Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20152

In the Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20154, in regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the European List”, after “established” insert “and as amended from time to time”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 4th October 2018.

seal_r00001John MillsA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, in order to allow the amended provision to operate effectively.