Hazardous substances authorities

I11 Hazardous substances authorities: general.

The council of the district F1, Welsh county, county boroughor London borough in which land is situated shall be the hazardous substances authority in relation to the land except in cases where section F2. . . 3 applies. F9But, in the case of a London borough, see also section 2B(5) of the principal Act (Mayor of London to be the hazardous substances authority in certain circumstances).

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I23 Hazardous substances authorities: other special cases.

1

The county council shall be the hazardous substances authority for land which is in a non-metropolitan county F4in England and—

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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,

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3

The Broads Authority is the hazardous substances authority for the Broads unless subsection (1) F6. . . 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) F6. . . 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) F6. . . applies.

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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) F6. . . applies.

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