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Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Health And Safety
Made
27th March 2013
Laid before Parliament
2nd April 2013
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
2nd April 2013
Coming into force
26th April 2013
The Secretary of State in relation to England (and Wales and Scotland, so far as relating to regulation 3 of the following Regulations), and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales (except so far as relating to regulation 3), have, in accordance with section 2(4) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 M1 (“the 1999 Act”), consulted—
the Environment Agency;
such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small business as they consider appropriate; and
such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
The Secretary of State has also, in accordance with section 2(4)(b) of the 1999 Act, consulted the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in relation to regulation 3.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations—
so far as relating to regulation 3, in relation to England, Wales and Scotland in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of, and paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 1 to, the 1999 Act;
otherwise, in relation to England in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1999 Act.
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations, except so far as relating to regulation 3, in relation to Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1999 Act.
Marginal Citations
M11999 c. 24. 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(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958). But this was subject to article 3(2), which provided that, so far as any of those functions are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to a cross-border body but which, by their nature, are not functions which can be specifically exercised in relation to Wales, such functions are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales in relation to that body concurrently with the Secretary of State. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.
(2) They come into force on 26th April 2013.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations extend to England and Wales.
(4) Regulation 3 extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
2.—(1) The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 M2 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation: Directives), for the definition of “the Landfill Directive” substitute the following definition—
““the Landfill Directive” means Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste M3, as read with Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of, and Annex II to, Directive 1999/31/EC M4;”.
F1(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 2(3) revoked (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 28 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)
Marginal Citations
M2S.I. 2010/675; a relevant amendment was made by S.I. 2011/988. There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.
M3OJ No L 182, 16.7.99, p 1, as last amended by Council Directive 2011/97/EU amending Directive 1999/31/EC as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste (OJ No L 328, 10.12.11, p 49).
M4OJ No L 11, 16.1.03, p 27.
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Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 3 revoked (1.6.2015) by The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/483), regs. 1(1), 31 (with reg. 3(2))
de Mauley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Signed on behalf of the Welsh Ministers
Alun Davies
Minister for Natural Resources and Food
One of the Welsh Ministers
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement Council Directive 2011/97/EU (OJ No L 328, 10.12.11, p 49), which amends Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste (OJ No L 182 16.7.99, p 1) (“the Landfill Directive”) as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste.
Article 5(3)(a) of the Landfill Directive prohibits the storage of liquid waste in landfill. Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 (OJ No L 304, 14.11.08, p 75) (“the Mercury Regulation”) contains a derogation from that prohibition. These Regulations make provision relating to the use of that derogation.
Regulation 2(2) amends the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675) to replace the definition of the Landfill Directive so as to take account of that Directive's amendment by Council Directive 2011/97/EU. Regulation 2(3) amends those Regulations to enable the regulator to exercise its functions so as to permit the storage of liquid waste in accordance with the Mercury Regulation and to impose obligations to send copies of environmental permits and safety assessments to the Secretary of State.
Regulation 3 amends the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/743) in relation to England, Wales and Scotland to bring sites used for the storage of metallic mercury pursuant to Article 3(1)(b) of the Mercury Regulation within the scope of application of those Regulations.
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