Part IIE+W+S Pollution of water

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. II amended by S.I. 1984/1200, reg. 2(1)

Pt. II amended (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1056, reg. 1(3), 19, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 11

C3Pt. II modified by S.I. 1984/1200, reg. 3, Sch. 1 and 1985/5, regs. 3(1)(2), 4(1)( a )

C5Functions exercisable under Pt. II by (a) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and (b) that Minister and Secretary of State jointly transferred (W.) by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1

Pt. II: transfer of functions (12.10.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 21(1)(a)(ii) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2649, art. 2

General provisionsE+W+S

[F130D General duties to achieve and maintain objectives etc.S

(1)It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of [F2SEPA] to exercise the powers conferred on him or it by or under the following provisions of this Part or the provisions of the F3... [F4Environmental Protection Act 1990] in such manner as ensures, so far as it is practicable by the exercise of those powers to do so, that the water quality objectives specified for any waters in a notice under section 30C above, or in a notice under [F5section 83 of the Water Resources Act 1991], are achieved at all times.

(2)It shall be the duty of [F2SEPA], for the purposes of the carrying out of its functions under the following provisions of this Part F6... , to monitor the extent of pollution in controlled waters.]