Scottish Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 285
Environmental Protection
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011
Made
27th June 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
29th June 2011
Coming into force
4th October 2011
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(1) (“the 1999 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act, they have consulted with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies and persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they consider appropriate, and such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
1999 c.24. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), as read with section 5(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 2009 (the “2009 Act”), and by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1776). Directives 2008/98/EC (O.J. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3), Directive 2008/1/EC (O.J. L 24, 29.01.2008, p.8; as amended by Directive 2009/31/EC) and Directive 2000/60/EC (O.J. L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1; as amended by Directives 2008/105/EC and 2009/31/EC, and by Decision 2455/2001/EC) were designated for the purposes of paragraph 20 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Act by S.S.I. 2010/131. Directive 2008/112/EC (O.J. L 345, 23.12.2008, p.68) was designated for the purposes of paragraph 20(2)(c) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Act by S.S.I. 2010/235.