The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2003

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 173

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2003

Made

10th March 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

11th March 2003

Coming into force

1st April 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

2.  Section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(2) (purposes for which financial assistance may be given) is varied by adding after paragraph (qq)–

“(rr) the programme known as the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme;

(ss) the Carbon Trust;

(tt) any scheme for the regulation of emissions from motor vehicles.”.

ROSS FINNIE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

10th March 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 so as to enable the Scottish Ministers to give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme, the Carbon Trust and for any scheme for the regulation of emissions from motor vehicles.

(1)

1990 c. 43. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

Section 153(1) was varied by S.I. 1991/146, 682 and 1179, 1992/654, 1993/1062 and 1518, 1995/150, 554, 1085 and 3099, 1996/505 and 1431, 1997/651, 1998/538, 1001 and 3234, 2000/207 and 2211, 2002/1686 and 2021 and S.S.I. 2000/430 and 2002/83.