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(1) This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation) (England and Wales) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
(3) This Order applies in relation to—
(a) England and the sea adjacent to England out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and
(b) Wales, within the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
(4) In paragraph (3)(a), the sea adjacent to England is so much of the sea adjacent to Great Britain as—
(a) is not the sea adjacent to Scotland; and
(b) does not form part of Wales.
(5) In paragraph (4)(a), the sea adjacent to Scotland has the same meaning as the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland has by virtue of section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998.
2 
Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations is designated for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.
3 
In article 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2013 omit paragraph (u) (designation of Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations).
Rory Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carl Sargeant
Minister for Natural Resources
One of the Welsh Ministers
