The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (Offshore) Order 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/1151 |
2020 No. 1151
Environmental Protection
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (Offshore) Order 2020
Made 21th October 2020
Coming into force 22th October 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(9)(a) and (b) of, and paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 19991, makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (Offshore) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In article 2, paragraphs (a) to (d), (f) and (g) apply—
(a)
(a) to the United Kingdom territorial sea adjacent to—
(i) Northern Ireland; and
(ii) Scotland, except that part which extends seaward for 3 nautical miles from the landward baseline; and
(b)
(b) to the sea in any designated area within the meaning of the 1964 Act,
including the places above the sea and the bed and subsoil of the sea.
(3) In article 2, paragraph (e) of article 2 applies—
(a)
(a) to the United Kingdom territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland; and
(b)
(b) to the sea in any designated area within the meaning of the 1964 Act,
including the places above the sea and the bed and subsoil of the sea.
(4) In this Order—
“the 1964 Act” means the Continental Shelf Act 19642;
“the 1999 Act” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999; and
“baseline” means a baseline established by any Order in Council under section 1(1)(b) of the Territorial Sea 19873.
Designation
2. The following directives are designated for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act—
(a) Council Directive 96/59/ECon the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls4;
(b) Directive 2003/35/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment5;
(c) Directive 2004/35/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage6;
(d) Directive 2008/98/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council on waste7;
(e) Directive 2009/31/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide8;
(f) Directive...
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