Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Made
31st August 2010
Laid before Parliament
6th September 2010
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
6th September 2010
Coming into force
1st October 2010
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(1). The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, have in accordance with section 2(4) of that Act consulted(2)—
(a)the Environment Agency;
(b)such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they consider appropriate; and
(c)such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
The Secretary of State in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make the following Regulations.
1999 c.24. Functions of the Secretary of State under section 2 (except in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation), so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 3 of S.I. 2005/1958. Those functions were then transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006, c.32.
The requirement imposed on the Secretary of State by section 2(4) to consult the bodies and persons mentioned was, in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I.2005/1958) and to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006.