
2025 No. 491 (W. 89) (C. 20)
Environmental Protection, Wales
The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2025
Made 15 April 2025
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 147(4)(f) of the Environment Act 2021.
Title and interpretation
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2025.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Environment Act 2021.
Provisions coming into force on 16 April 2025
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The following provisions of the Act come into force on 16 April 2025—
(a) section 73(d) (smoke control areas: amendments of the Clean Air Act 1993), so far as it relates to Wales; and
(b) Part 2 of Schedule 12 (principal amendments to the Clean Air Act 1993: Wales).
Huw Irranca-Davies
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
15 April 2025