The Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 1067 (W. 106)

Water Resources, Wales

The Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Made

21 April 2014

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

24 April 2014

Coming into force

15 May 2014

The Welsh Ministers are designated in relation to measures relating to water resources (1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (2).

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section of that Act.

The Welsh Ministers have chosen to consult in relation to regulation 6 of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 (“the Regulations”) (3).

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 15 May 2014.

(3) These Regulations apply to Wales.

Variation of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013

2.—(1) The Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 (surface waters in Wales)—

(a) after “Llanrhystud”, insert “Llyn Padarn”; and

(b) after “Rhyl”, insert “Rhyl East”.

Alun Davies

Minister for Natural Resources and Food, one of the Welsh Ministers.

21 April 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, vary Part 2 of Schedule 2 (surface waters in Wales) to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 (“the Regulations”), which lists the waters identified by the Welsh Ministers as bathing waters in Wales.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations adds Llyn Padarn and Rhyl East to the list of identified bathing waters in the Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced for these amended regulations as there is no change to policy, or impact on business or the voluntary sectors foreseen.

(1)

See S.I. 2003/2901 for the designation conferred on the National Assembly for Wales. By virtue of sections 59 and 162 of, and paragraph 28 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), that designation is now conferred on the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

(3)

S.I 2013/1675.