Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 639
Animals, England
Agriculture, England
Environmental Protection, England
Water, England And Wales
The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2015
Made
10th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
11th March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) in relation to the common agricultural policy( 2 ) and the environment( 3 ).
The Secretary of State has consulted Natural England and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England in accordance with section 99 of the Environment Act 1995( 4 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
(2) Regulations 2 to 4 apply to England.
(3) Regulation 5 applies to England and Wales.
Animals
2.The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) (Laboratories, Circuses and Avian Quarantine) Regulations 2007( 7 ) are revoked.
Agriculture
3. The following Regulations are revoked—
(a) the Milk Marketing Boards (Special Conditions) Regulations 1981( 8 );
(b) the Countryside Access Regulations 1994( 9 );
(c) the Countryside Access (Amendment) Regulations 1996( 10 );
(d) the Selective Cull (Enforcement of Community Compensation Conditions) Regulations 1996( 11 );
(e) the Bovine Hides Regulations 1997( 12 );
(f) the Countryside Access (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999( 13 );
(g) the BSE Monitoring (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001( 14 );
(h) the Older Cattle (Disposal) (England) Regulations 2005( 15 ); and
(i) the Dairy (Specific Market Support Measure) Regulations 2010( 16 ).
Environmental protection
4.The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2000( 17 ) are revoked.
Water
5.The Water (Compensation) Regulations 1983( 18 ) are revoked.
de Mauley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
5th March 2015
We consent
Mark Lancaster
Gavin Barwell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
10th March 2015
1972 c. 68 ; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) , section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) , the Schedule, Part 1.
S.I. 1972/1811 . The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 ( S.I. 2002/794 ), article 2.
1995 c. 25 ; section 99 was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 1996 (c. 16) , Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 145.
1983 c. 23 ; paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) , Schedule 3, Part 1.
1973 c. 51 ; section 56(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043 .
S.I. 1981/322 , amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) , section 51 and by S.I. 2011/1043 .
S.I. 1994/2349 , amended by S.I. 1996/3111 , 1999/416 , 1174 , 2197 , and 2011/1043 .
S.I. 2005/3522 , amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) , Schedule 2, Part 2, paragraph 8(1) and Schedule 10, Part 2.