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(1)A remediation notice shall not be served if and to the extent that it appears to the enforcing authority that the powers of the appropriate Agency under section 27 above may be exercised in relation to—
(a)the significant harm (if any), and
(b)the [F2significant ] pollution of controlled waters (if any),
by reason of which the contaminated land in question is such land.
(2)Nothing in this Part shall apply in relation to any land in respect of which there is for the time being in force a site licence under Part II above, except to the extent that any significant harm, or [F2significant ] pollution of controlled waters, by reason of which that land would otherwise fall to be regarded as contaminated land is attributable to causes other than—
(a)breach of the conditions of the licence; or
(b)the carrying on, in accordance with the conditions of the licence, of any activity authorised by the licence.
[F3(2A)This Part shall not apply if and to the extent that—
(a)any significant harm, or pollution of controlled waters, by reason of which the land would otherwise fall to be regarded as contiminated, is attributable to the final disposal by deposit in or on land of controlled waste, and
(b)enforcement action may be taken in relation to that disposal.
(2B)A remediation notice shall not be served in respect of contaminated land if and to the extent that—
(a)the significant harm, or pollution of controlled waters, by reason of which the contaminated land is such land is attributable to an activity other than the final disposal by deposit in or on land of controlled waste, and
(b)enforcement action may be taken in relation to that activity.
(2C)In subsections (2A) and (2B) above—
“controlled waste” has the meaning given in section 75(4) of this Act; and
“enforcement action” means action under regulation 24 (enforcement notices) or regulation 26(2) (power of regulator to remedy pollution) of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000.]
(3)If, in a case falling within subsection (1) or (7) of section 59 above, the land in question is contaminated land, or becomes such land by reason of the deposit of the controlled waste in question, a remediation notice shall not be served in respect of that land by reason of that waste or any consequences of its deposit, if and to the extent that it appears to the enforcing authority that the powers of a waste regulation authority or waste collection authority under that section may be exercised in relation to that waste or the consequences of its deposit.
(4)No remediation notice shall require a person to do anything the effect of which would be to impede or prevent the making of a discharge in pursuance of a consent given under Chapter II of Part III of the M1Water Resources Act 1991 (pollution offences) or, in relation to Scotland, in pursuance of a consent given under Part II of the M2Control of Pollution Act 1974.
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E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. IIA (ss. 78A-78YC) inserted (in force at 21.9.1995 for certain purposes only, at 1.4.2000 for E. in so far as not already in force, at 14.7.2000 for S. for certain purposes and otherwise 14.7.2000) by 1995 c. 25, s. 57 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/1983, art. 3; S.I. 2000/340, art. 2(a); S.S.I. 2000/180, art. 2(1)(a)(2); S.I. 2000/1986, art. 2
F2Words in s. 78YB(1)(b)(2) substituted (E.W.) (prosp.) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 86(7), 105
F3S. 78YB(2A)(2B)(2C) inserted (E.W.) (1.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1937, reg. 39, Sch. 10 Pt. 1 para. 6
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