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2.—(1) The Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations 1996 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(3)—
(a)after the definition of “the Act” omit “and”;
(b)in the definition of “the Contained Use Regulations”, for “the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 M2” substitute “ the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014 M3 ”.
(3) In regulation 3(2)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for “regulation 3(2)” substitute “ regulation 3(1) ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (d), for “the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 M4” substitute “ the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 M5 ”.
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M1S.I. 1996/1106, amended by S.I. 2000/2831; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M2S.I. 2000/2831, revoked by S.I. 2001/2626, 2005/2466, 2014/1663.
M3S.I. 2014/1663, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
M4S.I. 1992/3280, revoked in relation to England by S.I. 2002/2443.
M5S.I. 2002/2443, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
3.—(1) The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2, in the definition of “the Contained Use Directive”, for the words from “Council Directive” to the end substitute “ Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms M6 ”.
(3) For regulation 12(4)(c) substitute—
“(c)any person, or member of a genetic modification safety committee, from whom advice must be obtained under regulation 8 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014,”.
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M6OJ No L 125, 21.5.2009, p 75.
4.—(1) The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 M7 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1)(a), at the end insert “ , as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 M8 ”.
(3) In regulation 12(3), for “Council Regulation 259/93/EEC M9” substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste M10 ”.
(4) In Schedule 7, in paragraph 1(b), for the words from “the Annex” to “1994” substitute “ Annex 1A to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste ”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4(1)(3)(4) in force at 1.6.2018 and reg. 4(2) in force at 5.7.2018, see reg. 1(2)(a)
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M7S.I. 2005/894, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2016/738; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M8OJ No L 150, 14.6.2017, p 1.
M9OJ No L 30, 6.2.1993, p 1, as repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 190, 12.7.2006, p 1).
M10OJ No L 190, 12.7.2006, p 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2002 (OJ No L 294, 11.11.2015, p 1).
5. In regulation 3(b)(ii) of the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006 M11, after “water policy” insert “ , as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU M12 ”.
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M11S.I. 2006/1380, amended by S.I. 2012/263; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M12OJ No L 311, 31.10.2014, p 32.
6. In regulation 2(1) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 M13, in the definition “the Packaging Waste Directive”, at the end insert “ , as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 ”.
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M13S.I. 2007/871, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
7. In regulation 3(1) of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 M14, in the definition of “the Waste Framework Directive”, at the end insert “ , as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 ”.
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M14S.I. 2011/988, amended by S.I. 2016/738; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
8. In article 3(4) of the Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011 M15—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b), at the end insert “ , as last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU M16 ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (c), after “water policy” insert “ , as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU ”;
(c)after sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”;
(d)in sub-paragraph (d), at the end insert “ , as amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU ”.
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M15S.I. 2011/2855, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
M16OJ No L 158, 10.6.2013, p 193.
9. In regulation 2(2) of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 M17, after “water policy” insert “ , as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU ”.
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M17S.I. 2013/1675, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
10.—(1) The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 M18 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(3), in the definition of “Council Directive 98/83/EC M19”, at the end insert “ , as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 M20 ”.
(3) In regulation 4(4), for the words from “in accordance with” to the end substitute “ by subtracting the amount of nitrite from the amount of total oxidised nitrogen (“TON”), where both nitrite and TON are calculated using the method known as molecular absorption spectrophotometry ”.
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M18S.I. 2015/668, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
M19OJ No L 330, 5.12.1998, p 32, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 (OJ No L 260, 7.10.2015, p 6).
M20OJ No L 260, 7.10.2015, p 6.
11.—(1) The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015 M21 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 5(3), for “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 M22” substitute “ the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 M23 ”.
(3) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 3(1)(e), at the end insert “ , as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 ”.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 11(1)(2) in force at 1.6.2018 and reg. 11(3) in force at 5.7.2018, see reg. 1(2)(c)
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M21S.I. 2015/810, amended by S.I. 2017/1177; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M22S.I. 2010/490, revoked (with savings) by S.I. 2017/1012.
12.—(1) The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3, in the definition of “the Waste Framework Directive”, at the end insert “ , as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 ”.
(3) In Schedule 10, in paragraph 5—
(a)in sub-paragraph (4), for the words from “Regulation” to the end substitute “ Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury M24 ”;
(b)omit sub-paragraph (5).
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 12(1)(3) in force at 1.6.2018 and reg. 12(2) in force at 5.7.2018, see reg. 1(2)(d)
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M24OJ No L 137, 24.5.2017, p 1.
13. In Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 M25, in paragraph 9, for “of 19 November 2008 on waste” substitute “ on waste, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997, ”.
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14. In regulation 9 of the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 M26, for paragraph (3) substitute–—
“(3) In paragraph (1), an abstraction of more limited extent does not include—
(a)a Qn95 hands-off flow constraint on a licence where the licensed abstraction is from a body of inland waters or a body of groundwater where the recent actual flow or quantitative status of the source of supply does not support good ecological potential, good ecological status or good quantitative status, or
(b)75% of Qn99 hands-off flow constraint on a licence where the licensed abstraction is from a body of inland waters or a body of groundwater where the recent actual flow or quantitative status of the source of supply supports good ecological potential, good ecological status or good quantitative status.”.
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