The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2015/1394 (W138) |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 1394 (W. 138)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALES
The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2015
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The Welsh Ministers are designated( 1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2) in relation to the prevention and remedy of environmental damage and make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to that Act( 3).
These Regulations amend the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009 ("the 2009 Regulations")( 4). Regulation 3 of the 2009 Regulations provides that references to EU instruments are references to those instruments as amended from time to time. These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the 1972 Act. It appears to the Welsh Ministers that, for the purposes of the 2009 Regulations as they have effect as amended by these Regulations, it is expedient for the EU instruments referred to in the 2009 Regulations to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
Title, commencement, application and interpretation
1.-(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2015.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 19 July 2015 and apply in relation to Wales.
(3) In these Regulations "Wales" has the meaning given under section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006( 5).
Amendments to the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009
2.-(1) The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert-
""baseline" ("gwaelodlin") means the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured for the purposes of the Territorial Sea Act 1987( 6);";
""marine waters" ("dyfroedd morol") means waters classified as marine waters pursuant to Directive 2008/56/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy( 7);".
(3) In regulation 4 (meaning of "environmental damage")-
(a) in paragraph (1)-(i) in sub-paragraph (b) omit the second "or";(ii) omit sub-paragraph (c) and...To continue reading
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