Statutory Instruments
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Made
23rd March 2005
Laid before Parliament
30th March 2005
Coming into force
21st April 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 M1, being a Minister designated for the purpose of that subsection in relation to greenhouse gas emission allowance trading M2, and subsection (1) of section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 M3 (the “1999 Act”), having in accordance with subsection (4) of section 2 of the 1999 Act, consulted the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to her to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as she considers appropriate and such other bodies and persons as she considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Marginal Citations
M11972 c. 68. As regards Scotland, see also section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), which provides that, despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of that Act of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under Community law, any function of a Minister of the Crown in relation to any matter shall continue to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.