The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2015/821 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1691

Environmental Protection

The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Made

14th September 2015

Laid before Parliament

18th September 2015

Coming into force

11th October 2015

The Secretary of State, who is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to the environment(2), makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section of that Act.

(1)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule. Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under EU law in respect of devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable as regards Scotland. Under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), despite the transfer to the Welsh Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under EU law in relation to devolved matters, the Secretary of State retains power to exercise such functions as regards Wales.