The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2011/116 |
| Year | 2011 |
2011 No. 116
Environmental Protection
The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011
Made 17th February 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21th February 2011
Coming into force 25th June 2011
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19721and all other powers enabling them to do so.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Scottish Ministers that it is expedient for the reference to the EU instrument in regulation 2(2) to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 25th June 2011.
(2) The reference in regulation 2(2) to Directive 2009/31/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/ECand Regulation (EC) No 1013/20062is to that Directive as amended from time to time.
Amendment of the Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009
2.—(1) The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 20093are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) After paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 (activities for the purposes of regulation 4(1)) insert—
“13. The operation of storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/ECand Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.”.
JIM MATHER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
17th February 2011
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement Article 34 of Directive 2009/31/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.
Regulation 2 amends the Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009, which implement...
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