Miscellaneous provisions
F1C1I126A Fees for consent applications.
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Provision may be made by regulations for the payment of a fee of the prescribed amount to a hazardous substances authority in respect of an application for, or for the continuation of, hazardous substances consent.
2
Regulations under this section may provide for the payment to the Secretary of State of a fee of the prescribed amount in respect of any application which is, by virtue of regulations under section 25, deemed to have been made for hazardous substances consent.
3
Regulations under this section may provide—
a
for the transfer of prescribed fees received by a hazardous substances authority in respect of any application which is referred to the Secretary of State under section 20;
b
for the remission or refunding of a prescribed fee (in whole or in part) in prescribed circumstances or in pursuance of a direction given by the Secretary of State;
and the regulations may make different provision for different areas or for different cases or descriptions of cases.
F2I2C226AA Injunctions.
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Where a hazardous substances authority consider it necessary or expedient for any actual or apprehended contravention of hazardous substances control to be restrained by injunction, they may apply to the court for an injunction, whether or not they have exercised or are proposing to exercise any of their other powers under this Act.
2
On an application under subsection (1) the court may grant such an injunction as the court thinks appropriate for the purpose of restraining the contravention.
3
Rules of court may, in particular, provide for such an injunction to be issued against a person whose identity is unknown.
4
In this section “the court” means the High Court or the county court.
I327 Temporary exemption directions.
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If it appears to the Secretary of State—
a
either—
i
that the community or part of it is being or is likely to be deprived of an essential service or commodity; or
ii
that there is or is likely to be a shortage of such a service or commodity affecting the community or part of it; and
b
that the presence of a hazardous substance on, over or under land specified in the direction in circumstances such that hazardous substances consent would be required, is necessary for the effective provision of that service or commodity,
he may direct that, subject to such conditions or exceptions as he thinks fit, the presence of the substance on, over or under the land is not to constitute a contravention of hazardous substances control so long as the direction remains in force.
2
A direction under this section—
a
may be withdrawn at any time;
b
shall in any case cease to have effect at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it was given, but without prejudice to the Secretary of State’s power to give a further direction.
3
The Secretary of State shall send a copy of any such direction to the authority who are the hazardous substances authority for the land.
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I428 Registers etc.
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Every F4. . . hazardous substances authority F4. . . shall keep, in such manner as may be prescribed, a register containing such information as may be prescribed with respect—
a
to applications for hazardous substances consent F5made to that authority;
aa
to applications under section 17(1) made to that authority;
b
to hazardous substances consent having effect by virtue of section 11 or 12 with respect to land for which that authority is, F6. . ., the hazardous substances authority;
c
to revocations or modifications of hazardous substances consent granted with respect to such land; and
d
to directions under section 27 sent to the authority by the Secretary of State F7;
and every such register shall also contain such information as may be prescribed as to the manner in which applications for hazardous substances consent have been dealt with.
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Every register kept under this section shall be available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours.
I529 Health and safety requirements.
1
Nothing in—
a
any hazardous substances consent granted or deemed to be granted or having effect by virtue of this Act; or
b
any hazardous substances contravention notice issued under section 24,
shall require or allow anything to be done in contravention of any of the relevant statutory provisions or any prohibition notice or improvement notice served under or by virtue of any of those provisions.
2
To the extent that such a consent or notice purports to require or allow any such thing to be done, it shall be void.
3
Where it appears to a hazardous substances authority who have granted, or are deemed to have granted, a hazardous substances consent or who have issued a hazardous substances contravention notice that the consent or notice or part of it is rendered void by subsection (2), the authority shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, consult the F9Health and Safety Executive with regard to the matter.
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If the F9Health and Safety Executive advise the authority that the consent or notice is rendered wholly void, the authority shall revoke it.
5
If they advise that part of the consent or notice is rendered void, the authority shall so modify it as to render it wholly operative.