2018 No. 724 (W. 141)
Environmental Protection, Wales
Licensing (marine), Wales
Marine Pollution, Wales

The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2018

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers are designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the prevention, reduction and management of waste3.

The Welsh Ministers make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.

Title and commencement1.

(1)

The title of this Order is the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2018.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 5 July 2018.

Amendment of the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) Order 20112.

(1)

The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) Order 20114 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 3 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Waste Framework Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Fframwaith Gwastraff”), for “as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127”, substitute “as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/9975”.

Revocation3.

The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 20166 is revoked.
Lesley Griffiths
Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) Order 2011 (“the 2011 Order”), which refers to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3) (“the Waste Framework Directive”).

The Waste Framework Directive was amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of 8 June 2017 amending Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the hazardous property HP 14 ‘Ecotoxic’ (OJ No. L 150, 14.6.2017, p. 1).

Article 2 of this Order amends the definition of the Waste Framework Directive in article 3 of the 2011 Order to refer to that Directive as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997.

Article 3 revokes the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of regulatory impact assessments for subordinate legislation was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.