Provision of information by the Secretary of State

3.—(1) Within one month of the coming into force of this regulation, the Secretary of State must provide the Agency with the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 1.

(2) The Secretary of State must provide the Agency with such variations to that information as the Secretary of State considers appropriate from time to time after consulting—

(a)the Scottish Ministers;

(b)the Welsh Ministers; and

(c)the Department of the Environment.