Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2018 No. 171
Environmental Protection
The Ship Recycling Facilities (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
Made
4th October 2018
Coming into operation
29th October 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs(1) 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 1972(2).
The Department has been designated(3) 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 commencement
1. 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) 2015
2. In the Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(4), 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.
John Mills
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
4th October 2018
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.
The Department of the Environment was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) >2016 (c. 5 N.I.) and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76), its functions were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
1972 c. 68 as amended by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)