Scottish Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection
Water
Made
26th May 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
28th May 2015
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(5), 9(4) to (6), 10(2)(b), 19(1) and 36(2) and (3) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(2) and 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 references in regulation 3(c) to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) and to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) to be references to each instrument as amended from time to time.
2003 asp 3; section 9 was amended by section 54(4) of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7).
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) (“the 2008 Act”), Schedule, Part 1. Paragraph 1A was inserted by section 28 of the 2006 Act and amended by the 2008 Act, Schedule, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2), so far as they are exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.
OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p.1, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 518/2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p.72) and Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p.1).
OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 736/2013 (OJ L 204, 31.7.2013, p.25), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 837/2013 (OJ L 234, 3.9.2013, p.1) and Regulation (EU) No 334/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 103, 5.4.2014, p.22).