The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 708 (W. 121)

Environmental Protection, Wales

The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made

17 June 2025

Laid before Senedd Cymru

18 June 2025

Coming into force

19 June 2025

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140(1)(c) and (d), and (3)(c) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1) (“the 1990 Act”).

The Welsh Ministers—

(a)

consider it appropriate to make these Regulations for the purpose of preventing the articles specified in them from causing pollution of the environment and harm to the health of animals;

(b)

have published a notice in the London Gazette and the Western Mail, in accordance with section 140(6)(b)(2) of the 1990 Act, and have considered the representations made in accordance with that notice, as required by section 140(6)(c) of the 1990 Act.

(1)

1990 c. 43. Section 140(3)(c) was amended by S.I. 1999/1108. By virtue of article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), subject to certain exceptions that are not relevant to these Regulations, the functions of the Secretary of State under section 140 are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales.

(2)

Section 140(6)(b) was amended by S.I. 2012/1923.