This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2020/489 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.
Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Made
12th March 2024
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2024
Laid before Senedd Cymru
13th March 2024
Coming into force
6th April 2024
The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) to (3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(1).
In accordance with section 2(4) of that Act(2), before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have consulted—
the Environment Agency;
the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they have considered appropriate; and
such other bodies or persons as they have considered appropriate.
1999 c. 24. See paragraph 20 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act which provides that Council Directive 96/59/EC is a “relevant directive” for the purposes of the Secretary of State making provision which corresponds or is similar to provision that might be made by an Act of Parliament in connection with that Directive. Paragraph 20 is amended by S.I. 2018/942 and 2019/458. S.I. 2019/458 is amended by S.I. 2020/603. Functions of the Secretary of State, 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 virtue of article 3(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958). Functions of the National Assembly for Wales under this section were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
Section 2(4) was amended by S.I. 2013/755.