Enabling power: European Communities Act 1972, s. 2 (2) & Health and Safety At Work etc. Act 1974, ss. 15 (1) (2), 43 (2) (4) (5) (6), 82 (3) (a), sch. 3, paras. 1 (1) (b) (c) (2), 11, 15 (1). Issued: 12.09.2005. Made: 04.09.2005. Laid: 09.09.2005. Coming into force: 01.01.2006. For the purposes of reg. 2 (12) to 2 (16); 01.10.2005. For all other purposes. Effect: S.I. 2000/2831; 2002/63; 2005/676 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S. General. EC note: These Regs implement provisions of Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC on the freedom of access to information on the environment. The existing provisions in S.I. 2000/2831 implemented provisions of art. 19 of Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms as amended by Directive 94/51/EC and Directive 98/81/EC. These provisions have been superseded by Directive 2003/4/EC which is implemented by S.I. 2004/3391 and by S.S.I. 2004/520. These Regs also implement provisions of Regulation 1946/2003/EC on transboundary movements of GMOs.
