Amendment of regulation 20 (enforcement)
17.—(1) Regulation 20 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1), for “The” substitute “Subject to paragraph (2A), each”.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b), for “to be discharged by the Welsh Ministers and not by another” substitute “only to be discharged by a specific”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (c), for the words from “that the duty” to the end substitute “SEPA or a local authority that the duty in paragraph (1) is, or is not, to be discharged by it”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (d), for “the Department of the Environment”, in both places it occurs, substitute “the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs”.
(4) After paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) An enforcing authority must comply with a direction given to it under paragraph (2).
(2B) A direction given under paragraph (2) may be revoked or modified by a further direction given under that paragraph.”.
(5) Omit paragraph (3).