The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made: 10th December 2009

Laid before Parliament: 15th December 2009

Coming into force: 12th January 2010

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Title, commencement and application

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Amendments

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Signed

Jim Fitzpatrick — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 10th December 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”) which implemented Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56) on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage as amended by Directive 2006/21/EC (OJ No L102, 11.4.2006, p. 15).

Regulation 3 corrects the application of the 2009 Regulations with respect to the sea adjoining England.

Regulation 4 amends paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Regulations, by adding references to regulations implementing Directive 92/43/EC (OJ No L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7 as last amended by Council Directive 2006/105/EC (OJ NoL 363, 20.12.2006, p.368) and Directive 79/409/EEC (OJ No L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1 as last amended by Council Directive 2008/102/EC, OJ No L323, 3.12.008, p. 31) in relation to marine areas where the United Kingdom exercises jurisdiction beyond its territorial sea.

A transposition note setting out how the 2009 Regulations, as amended by this instrument, transpose the provisions of Directive 2004/35/EC, is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2008/301.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1a was inserted into Schedule 2 by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2009/153. The 2009 Regulations make provision for implementing in England, surrounding waters and in marine areas where the United Kingdom has jurisdiction beyond the territorial sea, Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1994/2716 as last amended by S.I. 2009/6.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2001/1754, as last amended by S.I. 2007/1842.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2007/1842, as amended by S.I. 2009/7.

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Editorial notes

[^key-0f2daf23c108877c7ed354ec90cd3518]: Regulations revoked (19.7.2015) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/810), regs. 1(1), 36 (with regs. 4-8)