http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/43/schedule/9

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/schedule/9/crossheading/national-parks-and-access-to-the-countryside-act-1949-c-97/1991-08-01

Environmental Protection Act 1990

An Act to make provision for the improved control of pollution arising from certain industrial and other processes; to re-enact the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 relating to waste on land with modifications as respects the functions of the regulatory and other authorities concerned in the collection and disposal of waste and to make further provision in relation to such waste; to restate the law defining statutory nuisances and improve the summary procedures for dealing with them, to provide for the termination of the existing controls over offensive trades or businesses and to provide for the extension of the Clean Air Acts to prescribed gases; to amend the law relating to litter and make further provision imposing or conferring powers to impose duties to keep public places clear of litter and clean; to make provision conferring powers in relation to trolleys abandoned on land in the open air; to amend the Radioactive Substances Act 1960; to make provision for the control of genetically modified organisms; to make provision for the abolition of the Nature Conservancy Council and for the creation of councils to replace it and discharge the functions of that Council and, as respects Wales, of the Countryside Commission; to make further provision for the control of the importation, exportation, use, supply or storage of prescribed substances and articles and the importation or exportation of prescribed descriptions of waste; to confer powers to obtain information about potentially hazardous substances; to amend the law relating to the control of hazardous substances on, over or under land; to amend section 107(6) of the Water Act 1989 and sections 31(7)(a), 31A(2)(c)(i) and 32(7)(a) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974; to amend the provisions of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 as regards the dumping of waste at sea; to make further provision as respects the prevention of oil pollution from ships; to make provision for and in connection with the identification and control of dogs; to confer powers to control the burning of crop residues; to make provision in relation to financial or other assistance for purposes connected with the environment; to make provision as respects superannuation of employees of the Groundwork Foundation and for remunerating the chairman of the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council; and for purposes connected with those purposes.

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1991-08-01

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 33ZB(10A)

Environment Act 2021

s. 69(3)(b)

s. 144

s. 147(3)

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Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 34ZB(8A)

Environment Act 2021

s. 69(5)(b)

s. 144

s. 147(3)

(4)

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 161(2AA)

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Environment (Wales) Act 2016

Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Cymru) 2016

s. 69(4)

s. 88(3)(b)

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 106A

Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

s. 41(2)

s. 46

s. 48(4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Amendment of Enactments conferring Nature Conservancy Functions

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)

1

The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 shall be amended as follows.

2

After section 15 there shall be inserted the following section—

15A Meaning of “Nature Conservancy Council”.
In this Part of this Act references to “the Nature Conservancy Council” are references—
a
in relation to land in England, to the Nature Conservancy Council for England;
b
in relation to land in Scotland, to the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland; and
c
in relation to land in Wales, to the Countryside Council for Wales.

3

In section 16(5) (agreements in Scotland for establishing nature reserves), in paragraph (c) for the words “Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be substituted “Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland”.

4

In section 103 (general provisions as to acquisition of land)—

a

in subsection (1), after the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be inserted the words “(as defined in section 15A of this Act)”; and

b

in subsection (2), for the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” in both places there shall be substituted the words “the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland”.

5

In section 106 (supplementary provisions as to bye-laws), in subsection (1), after the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be inserted the words “(as defined in section 15A of this Act)”.