Citation, commencement and extent1

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These Regulations—

a

may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009;

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come into force on 6th April 2010; and

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extend to England and Wales only.

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For the purposes of this regulation—

a

England and Wales includes the sea adjacent to England and Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and

b

the sea adjacent to Wales has the same meaning as in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 M1.

Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007F12

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Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation: general)F13

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Substitution of regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt waste operation)F14

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Amendment of regulation 22 (revocation of an environmental permit: general)F15

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Amendment of regulation 38 (offences)F16

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Substitution of regulation 68 (further provision in relation to waste)F17

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Insertion of regulation 71B (transitional provision: exempt waste operations)F18

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Amendment of Schedule 1 (activities)F19

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Substitution of Schedule 2 (exempt waste operations: general)F110

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Substitution of Schedule 3 (descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply)F111

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Amendment of Schedule 19 (public registers)F112

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Amendments to the Environment Act 199513

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The Environment Act 1995 M2 is amended as follows.

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In section 56(1) (interpretation) M3, in the definition of “environmental licence”, for paragraph (j) substitute—

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registration under Schedule 2 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 of an establishment or undertaking in relation to a WEEE operation (as defined by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations),

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M3

The definition of “environmental licence” in sub-paragraph (j) of section 56(1) in relation to the Environment Agency was substituted in relation to England and Wales by paragraph 23(2)(c) in Part 1 of Schedule 21 to S.I. 2007/3538.

Consequential amendment to the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006F114

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Consequential amendment to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009F115

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SavingsF116

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Jane DavidsonMinister for Environment, Sustainability and Housingone of the Welsh Ministers
Dan NorrisParliamentary Under SecretaryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs