1993 No. 49

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for the Environment, being the Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the abolition of restrictions on the importation of goods, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 10th February 1993.

2

These Regulations shall apply to Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Revocation and amendment

2

Regulation 3 (prohibiting the importation of lead weights) of the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) Regulations 19863 is hereby revoked.

3

Regulation 5 (exceptions to regulations 3 and 4) of the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) Regulations 1986 shall be amended by substituting for the words “Regulations 3 and 4 do not prohibit the importation or” the words “Regulation 4 does not prohibit the”.

Michael HowardOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateDepartment of the Environment

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in consequence of the internal market provisions of the Treaty which established the European Economic Community (the Treaty of Rome dated 25th March 1957, as amended by the Single European Act). They amend the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) Regulations 1986. The prohibition, set out in regulation 3 of the 1986 Regulations, on the importation of certain sizes of lead weights is revoked.

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