The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/1391
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 19th July 2015.

Section 2 Amendments

(1) The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In regulation 6(1) (areas of application)—

(a) in the table, in paragraph (c), after “Wales,” insert “and marine waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the baselines in Northern Ireland, in each case”; and

(b) in the footnote (numbered (1)) to the table, for “adjacent to”, where it first occurs, substitute “that form part of”.

(3) In regulation 11(1) (enforcing authorities in other cases), in the third entry of the column of the table headed “Area of damage”, for “All marine waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the baselines in England and the baselines in Wales,” substitute “All marine waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the baselines in England, all marine waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the baselines in Wales, and all marine waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the baselines in Northern Ireland, in each case”.

(4) In regulation 10(2), for “Board” substitute “Body”.