The Bathing Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2016

Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 600

Water Resources, England

The Bathing Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2016

Made

23rd May 2016

Laid before Parliament

25th May 2016

Coming into force

20th June 2016

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).

The Secretary of State is designated(2) for the purposes of that section of that Act in relation to the environment.

Citation and commencement E+W

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 20th June 2016.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 20.6.2016, see reg. 1

Amendment to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 E+W

2.  In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (surface waters in England) to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013(3)—

(a) for “Burnham Jetty”, substitute “Burnham Jetty North”;

(b) for “Hastings”, substitute “Hastings Pelham Beach”;

(c) for “Mounts Bay Heliport”, substitute “Mounts Bay Long Rock”;

(d) in the appropriate places, insert—

(i) “West Runton”;

(ii) “Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow”;

(e) omit the following—

(i) “Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach”;

(ii) “Newhaven”;

(iii) “Rock”;

(iv) “Staithes”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 20.6.2016, see reg. 1

Rory Stewart

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

23rd May 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1675) (“the 2013 Regulations”) which implement, in England and Wales, Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p 37).

Regulation 2 amends Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2013 Regulations to include two surface waters newly identified by the Secretary of State as bathing waters in England and to omit four surface waters no longer identified by the Secretary of State as bathing waters in England. The names of three bathing waters on the English list are also amended.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or business sector is foreseen.

(1)

1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

(2)

S.I. 2008/301.

(3)

S.I. 2013/1675, amended by S.I. 2014/2363; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.