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(a) having, in accordance with section 140(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[2] - 


(i) consulted the committee established[3] under section 140(5) of that Act;

(ii) published a notice in the London Gazette; and

(iii) considered the representations made to her in accordance with that notice; and



(b) considering it appropriate to make these Regulations for the purpose of preventing the substance or article specified in the principal Regulations (namely lead shot) from causing pollution of the environment and harm to the health of animals;

in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 140[4] of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003.

Amendment
     2.  - (1) Schedule 1 to the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) Delete the following entries - 

Avon Valley

9/8/1985

SP066476

River Derwent And Tributaries

11/9/1997

NY159239

Stanford Training Area

23/8/1985

TL866945

The New Forest

28/2/1996

SU224075

    (3) After the entry in relation to "Turnford And Cheshunt Pits" insert the following entry - 

Tweed Estuary

1/3/1988

NT993531

Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

29th September 2003

[2] 1990 c. 43.back

[3] S.I. 1991/1487, which established the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances.back

[4] Section 140(3)(c) was amended by S.I. 1999/1108.back

  Prepared 15 October 2003