Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1099
Environmental Protection
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Various Amendments) Regulations 2019
Made
12.45 p.m. on 9th July 2019
Laid before Parliament
4.30 p.m. on 9th July 2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) (“ECA 1972”), makes the following Regulations.
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the ECA 1972 in relation to persistent organic pollutants( 2 ).
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the ECA 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for certain references to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast)( 3 ) to be construed as references to that Regulation as amended from time to time.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Various Amendments) Regulations 2019.
Commencement
2. —(1) Regulations 1, 2 and 5 come into force on 15th July 2019.
(2) Regulations 3 and 4 come into force on 12th August 2019.
Amendment to the Environment Act 1995
3. In section 41(1)(e) of the Environment Act 1995( 4 ), for the words from “Regulation” to “ Directive 79/117/EECRegulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast)”.
Amendment to the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
4. For Schedule 8 to the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005( 5 ), substitute the new Schedule 8 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Amendments to the Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007
5. In the Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007( 6 )—
(a) for regulation 2 substitute—
“ Meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
2. In these Regulations, “Regulation (EU) 2019/1021” means Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast), as amended from time to time. ” ;
(b) in regulation 3(1), for “Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”;
(c) in regulation 4(1)—
(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003” substitute “Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013( 7 )”;
(d) in regulation 5, for the words from “Regulation” to “substances)” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (control of manufacturing, placing on the market and use, and the listing of substances)”;
(e) in regulation 6(1), for the words from “Regulation” to “waste)” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (stockpiles)”;
(f) in regulation 7(1), for the words from “Regulation” to “waste)” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (waste management)”;
(g) in regulation 8(1), for “Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”;
(h) in regulation 9(2)—
(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”;
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (a) (and the “and” which follows it);
(i) in regulation 10(1)—
(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”.
Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
12.45 p.m. on 9th July 2019
Regulation 4
SCHEDULE
Regulation 54
“ SCHEDULE 8 Form of consignee’s return to producer or holder
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1972 c. 68 ; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) ; paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and by S.I. 2007/1388 .
OJ No. L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45.
1995 c. 25 . Section 41(1)(e) was inserted by S.I. 2007/3106 , and amended by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90) .
S.I. 2005/894 , amended by S.I. 2015/1360 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2007/3106 , amended by S.I. 2018/1405 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.R. 2013 No. 160 , amended by S.R. 2014 No. 304 , S.I. 2015/1973 , S.R. 2016 No. 309 and S.R. 2018 No. 33 .