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Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990
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1 Hazardous substances authorities: general.E+W
The council of the district or London borough in which land is situated shall be the hazardous substances authority in relation to the land except in cases where section F1 . . .3 applies.
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F1Words repealed (01.01.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. VII; S.I. 1991/2829, art.3
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F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed (1.1.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 144, 162(2), Sch. 13 para. 2(1), Sch. 16 Pt. VII; S.I. 1991/2829, art. 3
3 Hazardous substances authorities: other special cases.E+W
(1)The county council shall be the hazardous substances authority for land which is in a non-metropolitan county and—
(a)is situated in a National Park;
(b)is used for the winning and working of minerals (including their extraction from a mineral-working deposit); or
(c)is situated in England and used for the disposal of refuse or waste materials,
unless subsection (2) applies.
(2)If the land is in a National Park for which a joint planning board or special planning board has been constituted, the board shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land.
(3)The Broads Authority is the hazardous substances authority for the Broads unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.
(4)If the land is in an area for which an urban development corporation is the local planning authority in relation to all kinds of development, the corporation shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.
(5)If the land is in an area for which a housing action trust established under Part III of the M1Housing Act 1988 is the local planning authority in relation to all kinds of development, the trust shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.
[F3(5A)If the land is in an area for which the Urban Regeneration Agency is the local planning authority in relation to all kinds of development, the Agency shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.]
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F3S. 3(5A) inserted (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 187(1), Sch. 21 para.32: S.I. 1993/2762, art.3
Commencement Information
I2S. 3 wholly in force at 1.6.1992 see S.I. 1992/725, art. 3; S. 3 in force for certain purposes at 11.3.1992 see S. I. 1992/725, art 2
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