The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments in relation to England to a number of pieces of secondary legislation within the remit of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Several provisions (listed in regulation 1(2)(a) to (e)) reflect an amendment to Annex 3 to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p 3).

Regulation 10(3) amends the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/668) to correct a reference relating to the methodology used for calculating nitrate concentration in water bodies.

Regulation 14 amends the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1047) to correct an error in the description of what circumstances qualify as granting a more limited abstraction licence than that applied for.

Regulation 24(4) amends the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2775) to implement Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1040/2014 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption to adapt its Annex I to technical progress (OJ No L 288, 2.10.2014, p 1). This allows plant proteins from wheat, peas and potatoes to be used for the clarification of products to which the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013 apply.

The Regulations make other miscellaneous minor amendments to legislation in the fields of agriculture, animal health and welfare, environmental protection, food, horticulture, plant health, sea fisheries, seeds, waste and water, in particular amending out of date references to domestic legislation and to EU instruments.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.