Part VIII Miscellaneous
Environmental expenditure
153 Financial assistance for environmental purposes.
1
The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, any of the following—
a
the United Nations Environment Programme;
b
the European Environmental Bureau;
c
the chemicals programme of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development;
d
the joint inter-Governmental panel on Climate Change of the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organisation;
e
the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources;
f
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;
g
the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat;
h
the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and any protocol to that Convention;
i
the Convention and Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer;
j
the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals;
k
the Groundwork Foundation and Trusts;
l
the environmental protection technology scheme for research and development in the United Kingdom in relation to such technology;
m
the programme known as the special grants programme so far as it relates to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment of, or of any part of, Great Britain.
F1n
the programmes of regional and islands councils in Scotland, as local authorities exercising functions under the Sewerage (Scotland) Act M11968, for the carrying out of works to improve the quality of inland, coastal and relevant territorial waters, as defined in section 30A of the Control of Pollution Act M21974, or otherwise to benefit the environment.
F2n
the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce so far as its activities relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.
F3o
UK 2000 Scotland.
F4p
the programme known as the Environment Wales programme so far as it relates to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment of, or of any part of, Wales.
F5q
the grant programme known as the Environmental Action Fund;
r
the programmes or schemes of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation;
s
the programmes or schemes of the International Federation for Housing and Planning so far as they relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment;
t
the programmes or schemes of the INTA.AIVN-International Urban Development Association so far as they relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment;
u
the scheme known as the Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species that provides support for the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources and habitats and for the furtherance of the aims of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
F6v
the programme known as the Promotion of Positive Environmental Management in Industry Programme.
F7w
any national or international architectural award scheme or competition scheme relating to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment;
x
the National Forest Company.
F8y
the Energy Saving Trust Limited.
F9z
the Convention on Biological Diversity;
aa
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
F10bb
the programme known as Radon Measurement and Support for Remedial Works Campaigns in England;
F11cc
the programme known as the Mersey Basin Campaign, in so far as it relates to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment, administered by the Mersey Basin Business Foundation;
dd
Going For Green Limited, in so far as the activities of that company relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.
F12ee
the programme known as the Sustainable Action Fund.
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The Tidy Britain Group.
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The Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link.
F15hh
Environmental Campaigns Limited.
F16ii
the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic.
F17jj
the programme known as Pollution Emergency Response Services;
kk
the programme known as the Waste and Resources Action Programme;
ll
the Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects to the Energy Charter Treaty;
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the programme known as the Strategic Waste Fund.
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any scheme for the storage, treatment or disposal of any material or product for the purpose of preventing or reducing environmental damage;
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the programme known as the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme;
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the Carbon Trust;
F21qq
the fund known as the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund;
F24rr
the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, in respect of its activities in England in so far as they relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.
F22rr
the programme known as the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme;
ss
the Carbon Trust;
tt
any scheme for the regulation of emissions from motor vehicles.
2
Financial assistance may be given in respect of particular activities or generally in respect of all or some part of the activities carried on or supported by the recipient.
3
Financial assistance shall be given in such form and on such terms as the Secretary of State may think fit and, in particular, assistance may be given by making grants (whether or not repayable), loans or guarantees to, or by incurring expenditure, or providing services, staff or equipment for the benefit of, the recipient.
4
The Secretary of State may, by order, vary subsection (1) above by adding to or deleting from it any description of organisation, scheme, programme or international agreement whose purposes relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.
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