31.—(1) The Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a)for the definition of “the 2010 Regulations” substitute—
““the 2016 Regulations” means the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;”;
(b)for the definition of “competent authority” substitute—
““competent authority” means, in relation to an area, the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 M2 for that area;”;
(c)in the definition of “operator”, for “the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007” substitute “ the 2016 Regulations ”;
(d)in the definition of “regulator”, for “the 2010 Regulations”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ the 2016 Regulations ”.
(3) In regulation 9(3), for “the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007” substitute “ the 2016 Regulations ”.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2009/1927, amended by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M22004. c. 21; section 1 was amended by paragraph 10(1) and (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36).