Control of Pollution Act 1974

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[F141 Registers. S

(1)It shall be the duty of [F2SEPA]to maintain in accordance with regulations, registers containing prescribed particulars of [F3or relating to]—

(a)any notices of water quality objectives or other notices served under section 30C above;

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)samples—

F5(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)of water taken by [F7SEPA];

and information produced by analyses of the samples and the steps taken in consequence of the information;

F8(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9[F10(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)directions given by the Secretary of State in relation to SEPA’s functions under this Part of this Act;

F11(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(l). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11(m). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(n)such other matters relating to the quality of water as may be prescribed.]

(2)It shall be the duty of [F2SEPA]—

(a)to secure that registers maintained by [F7SEPA] in pursuance of the preceding subsection are, after such date as is prescribed with respect to the registers, open to inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable hours; and

(b)to afford members of the public reasonable facilities for obtaining from [F7SEPA], on payment of reasonable charges, copies of entries in the register.[F12 and, for the purposes of this subsection, places may be prescribed at which any such registers or facilities as are mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above are to be available or afforded to the public in pursuance of the paragraph in question.]

[F13(3)The Secretary of State may give SEPA directions requiring the removal from any register maintained by it under this section of any specified information which is not prescribed for inclusion under subsection (1) of this section or which, by virtue of section 42A or 42B of this Act, ought to have been excluded from the registers.]]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 31, 32 and 34-42 repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 189(4)-(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58, Sch. 27 Pt. I and for ss. 31-32 and ss. 34-42 there is substituted (S.) ss. 30A-32 and 34-42 by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 168, 189(4)-(10), 190, 193(1), 194(4), Sch. 23 para. 4, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58