2020 No. 448

Petroleum
Pipe-lines

The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 in relation to the environment M2 and matters relating to the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons M3.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

1972 c. 68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).