SCHEDULE 2
PART IMODIFICATIONS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)120
1
The Environment Act 1995 is amended as follows.
2
In section 31 (guidance on sustainable development and other aims and objectives)–
a
in subsections (5), (6) and (7), for “each House of Parliament”, “either House” and “Parliament”, as the case may be, there is substituted “the Scottish Parliament”;
b
in subsection (5) “or, if the draft is laid on different days, the later of the two days.” is omitted; and
c
in subsection (7) “ during which both Houses are” is omitted.
3
In section 42(7) (approval of charging schemes), after “charging scheme” there is inserted “submitted by the Agency”.
4
In the following sections “in the case of the Agency only,” is inserted in the places indicated–
a
in sections 44(1) (general financial duties) and 48(2) (borrowing powers), at the beginning of paragraph (b) in each subsection;
b
in section 45(2) (accounts and records), after “appropriate Ministers have”;
c
in sections 47 (grants to the new agencies), 49(1) (government loans to the new agencies) and 50(1) (government guarantees of a new Agency’s borrowing), after “appropriate Minister may,”; and
d
in section 49(2), after “that Minister may”.
5
In section 44 (general financial duties)–
a
in subsection (3)–
i
“the Treasury and” is omitted;
ii
after “a new Agency,” there is inserted “and, in the case of the Agency only, after consultation with Treasury,”; and
b
in subsection (4), after “Treasury” there is inserted “(in the case of the Agency only)”.
6
In section 50(4), after “direction under this subsection” there is inserted “in the case of the Agency only”.
7
In section 98 (1) (grants for purposes conducive to conservation), after “ Treasury” there is inserted “ as respects England and Wales”.