Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Amendment of the Energy Act 2008 etc.) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 2453 of 2011).

These Regulations, for purposes of implementation by the United Kingdom of Directive 2009/31/ EC, extend the territorial scope of Part 1, Chapter 3, of the Energy Act 2008 to all parts of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and their internal waters. Originally, that Chapter applied to the United Kingdom territorial sea and the Gas Importation and Storage Zone referred to in section 1 of the Act. These Regulations also implement Article 31 of the Directive which amends Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.