Statutory Instruments
Water Resources
Made
3rd July 2013
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2013
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
9th July 2013
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State is designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to the environment, and the Welsh Ministers are designated M3 for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to water resources.
The Secretary of State in relation to England and Scotland M4, and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section of that Act.
Marginal Citations
M21972 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).
M3See S.I. 2003/2901 for the designation conferred on the National Assembly for Wales. By virtue of sections 59 and 162 of, and paragraph 28 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), that designation is now conferred on the Welsh Ministers.
M4The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations in relation to matters as regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1988 (c. 46).