Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 49

The Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 49

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

The Secretary of State for the Environment, being the Minister designated^[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^[2] in relation to the abolition of restrictions on the importation of goods, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 10th February 1993.

    (2)  These Regulations shall apply to Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Revocation and amendment
    2.    Regulation 3 (prohibiting the importation of lead weights) of the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) Regulations 1986^[3] is hereby revoked.

    3.    Regulation 5 (exceptions to regulations 3 and 4) of the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) Regulations 1986 shall be amended by substituting for the words "Regulations 3 and 4 do not prohibit the importation or" the words "Regulation 4 does not prohibit the".

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Department of the Environment

13th January 1993

These Regulations are made in consequence of the internal market provisions of the Treaty which established the European Economic Community (the Treaty of Rome dated 25th March 1957, as amended by the Single European Act). They amend the Control of Pollution (Anglers' Lead Weights) Regulations 1986. The prohibition, set out in regulation 3 of the 1986 Regulations, on the importation of certain sizes of lead weights is revoked.

The Treaties establishing the European Communities Vol. 1 (New Edition 1987) are published by the Official Publications Office of the European Communities and distributed in the United Kingdom by HMSO, ISBN No. 92—771—9225—9, price £33.00.

[1] S.I. 1992/2661. back

[2] 1972 c. 68. back

[3] S.I. 1986/1992; there are no relevant amending instruments. back