PART 3ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

CHAPTER 1REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT

I116General purpose: protecting and improving the environment

1

The purpose of this Chapter is to enable provision to be made for or in connection with protecting and improving the environment, including (without prejudice to that generality)—

a

regulating environmental activities,

F1b

implementing—

i

the relevant EU instruments, or

ii

any international obligations relating to protecting and improving the environment.

2

In F2subsection (1)—

  • “the relevant EU instruments” has the same meaning as in paragraph 22(2) of schedule 2, and

  • “international obligations” means any international obligations of the United Kingdom F3....