The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1843

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The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Made

22nd June 2007

Laid before Parliament

3rd July 2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of fauna and flora.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

It appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference to an Annex to Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna(3) or to Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds(4) to be construed as a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.

In the exercise of powers conferred upon him by section 2(2)(5) of, and paragraph 1A(6) of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and by section 307(3) and (5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(7), he makes the following Regulations:

(1)

European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2870).

(2)

1972 c.68.

(3)

Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora was last amended by Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 79/409/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 97/68/EC, 2001/80/EC and 2001/81/EC in the field of environment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (O.J. No. L363, 20.12.2006, p. 368; and see O.J. L80, 21.3.2007, p. 15, for the Corrigendum amending the original title).

(4)

Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds was last amended by Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 79/409/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 97/68/EC, 2001/80/EC and 2001/81/EC in the field of environment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (O.J. No. L363, 20.12.2006, p. 368; and see O.J. L80, 21.3.2007, p. 15, for the Corrigendum amending the original title).

(5)

In so far as these Regulations deal with matters that are within the devolved competence of Scottish Ministers (by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)), the power of the Secretary of State to make regulations in relation to those matters in or as regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 .

(6)

Paragraph 1A was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).

(7)

2003 c.44.