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1. The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—
| 1936 = | The Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49) |
| 1937 = | The Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937 (c. 40) |
| 1945 = | The Water Act 1945 (c. 42) |
| 1948 = | The Water Act 1948 (c. 22) |
| 1961(F) = | The Factories Act 1961 (c. 34) |
| 1961 = | The Public Health Act 1961 (c. 64) |
| 1963(L) = | The London Government Act 1963 (c. 33) |
| 1973 = | The Water Act 1973 (c. 37) |
| 1974 = | The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40) |
| 1977 = | The Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) |
| 1980 = | The Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) |
| 1981 = | The Water Act 1981 (c. 12) |
| 1981(SC) = | The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c.54) |
| 1982(CA) = | The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16) |
| 1982(CJA) = | The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 43) |
| 1985(LG) = | The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) |
| 1985 = | The Water (Fluoridation) Act 1985 (c. 63) |
| 1986(AA) = | The Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) |
| 1986(GA) = | The Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) |
| 1989 = | The Water Act 1989 (c. 15) |
| 1989(EA) = | The Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) |
| 1990(FS) = | The Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16) |
| 1990(EP) = | The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) |
| 1991(NR) = | The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) |
| R: (followed by a number) = | The recommendation so numbered as set out in the Appendix to the Report of the Law Commission (Cm. 1483). |
2. The functions originally vested in the Minister of Health under 1936 and 1937 have become vested in the Secretary of State as a result of the following transfer of functions orders (“TFOs”): SI 1951/142; SI 1951/1900; SI 1965/319; 1970/1681. Other TFOs, where applicable in relation to a provision re-enacted in this Bill, are specified at the appropriate place in column 2 of this Table.
3. General provisions contained in section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) and section 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) provide, respectively, for the maximum fine on summary conviction of an either way offence to be the statutory maximum and for a reference to the amount of the maximum fine to which a person is liable in respect of a summary offence to become a reference to a level on the standard scale. Where the effect of one of these enactments is consolidated it is not referred to separately in column 2 of this Table.
| Provision of Act | Derivation |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1989 s. 5. |
| 2 | 1989 s. 7(1)–(4). |
| 3 | 1989 ss. 8(1)–(3), (5)–(7) & 20(8)(a)(i) & (c). |
| 4 | 1989 ss. 9 & 20(8)(a)(i) & (c); 1990(EP) Sch 9 para 17(2). |
| 5 | 1989 s. 10; 1990(EP) Sch 9 para 17(3). |
| 6 | 1989 s. 11(1)–(3), (5) & (8). |
| 7 | 1989 ss. 11(4)(part), (6) & (7) & 12 (2). |
| 8 | 1989 s. 13(1), (2)(part), (3), (5) & (7). |
| 9 | |
| (1) | 1989 s. 13(2)(part). |
| (2) | 1989 s. 13(4). |
| (3) & (4) | 1989 s. 12(3) & (4). |
| (5) | 1989 s. 12(4) & (6). |
| 10 | 1989 s. 13(6). |
| 11 | 1989 s. 14(1), (3) & (8)–(10). |
| 12 | 1989 s. 14(2), (6) & (7). |
| 13 | 1989 s. 15. |
| 14 | 1989 s. 16. |
| 15 | 1989 s. 17. |
| 16 | 1989 s. 18. |
| 17 | 1989 s. 19. |
| 18 | 1989 s. 20(1)–(4) & (7)–(10). |
| 19 | 1989 s. 20(5), (6) & (8). |
| 20 | 1989 s. 21. |
| 21 | 1989 s. 22(1)–(3). |
| 22 | 1989 s. 22(4)–(8). |
| 23 | 1989 s. 23(2), (3), (8) & (9). |
| 24 | 1989 s. 23(1), (4)–(7) & (9). |
| 25 | 1989 s. 24(2). |
| 26 | 1989 ss. 24(1) & 23(9). |
| 27 | 1989 s. 26. |
| 28 | 1989 s. 6. |
| 29 | 1989 s. 27(1), (3) & (4). |
| 30 | 1989 s. 27 (2). |
| 31 | 1989 s. 28. |
| 32 | 1989 s. 29(1), (3) & (4). |
| 33 | 1989 s. 29(3), (5), (6) & (10). |
| 34 | 1989 s. 30(1)–(5). |
| 35 | 1989 ss. 29(2), (8) & (9) & 30(6). |
| 36 | 1989 s. 12(1), (5) & (6). |
| 37 | 1989 ss. 37 & 38(6). |
| 38 | 1989 s. 38(1)–(3). |
| 39 | 1989 s. 38(4). |
| 40 | 1989 s. 39. |
| 41 | 1989 s. 40(1) & (2) & (6)–(8). |
| 42 | 1989 s. 41(1), (2) & (8)–(10). |
| 43 | 1989 s. 41(3)–(7) & (9). |
| 44 | 1989 s. 40(3)–(5) & (8). |
| 45 | 1989 ss. 42(1),(2) & (5), 44(1), (4) & (5) & 176. |
| 46 | 1989 ss. 42(3)–(5) & 44(1) & (4)–(6). |
| 47 | 1989 s. 43(1) & (2). |
| 48 | 1989 s. 43(3). |
| 49 | 1989 s. 43(4)–(6). |
| 50 | 1989 s. 43(7). |
| 51 | 1989 ss. 42(6), 44(2), (3) & (7) & 176. |
| 52 | 1989 s. 45(1)–(5). |
| 53 | 1989 s. 45(6). |
| 54 | 1989 s. 45(7) & (8). |
| 55 | 1989 ss. 46(1)–(3), (7)–(9) & 49(1)(part). |
| 56 | 1989 s. 46(4)–(6). |
| 57 | 1989 s. 47(1), (2), (4)–(9) & (11). |
| 58 | 1989 s. 47(3) & (6)–(11). |
| 59 | 1989 s. 48. |
| 60 | 1989 s. 49(1)–(3). |
| 61 | 1989 s. 49(1) & (4)–(6). |
| 62 | 1989 s. 49(1) & (7). |
| 63 | 1989 s. 49(8) & (9). |
| 64 | 1989 s. 50. |
| 65 | 1989 s. 51(1)–(4) & (7)–(9). |
| 66 | 1989 s. 51(5), (6) & (10). |
| 67 | 1989 s. 65. |
| 68 | 1989 s. 52; 1990(FS) s. 55(2). |
| 69 | 1989 s. 53; 1990(FS) s. 55(2). |
| 70 | 1989 s. 54. |
| 71 | 1945 s. 14(9), (10) & (12); 1948 s. 5(4); 1977 Sch 6; 1989 Sch 25 para 7(1). |
| 72 | 1945 s. 21(1), (3) & (4); 1989 Sch 25 para 7(4)(a) & (d); R: 21. |
| 73 | 1989 s. 61. |
| 74 | 1989 s. 62(1)–(4), (6) & (7) & Sch 26 para 19. |
| 75 | 1989 s. 63. |
| 76 | 1945 s. 16(1)–(4); 1977 Sch 6; IA s. 17; 1989 Sch 25 para 7(3)(a)–(c). |
| 77 | 1989 s. 56(1) & (4)–(6). |
| 78 | 1989 s. 56(2) & (3); 1990(FS) s. 55(3). |
| 79 | 1989 ss. 55 & 56(2)(part). |
| 80 | 1989 ss. 57 & 164(3); 1990(FS) s. 55(4). |
| 81 | 1989 s. 58(1)–(4). |
| 82 | 1989 s. 58(5)–(10). |
| 83 | 1989 s. 164. |
| 84 | 1945 ss. 21(2) & (2A), 53 & 59; 1963(L) Sch 11 Pt I para 27; 1989 ss. 59(2) & 62(4) & Sch 25 para 7(4)(b) & (c). |
| 85 | 1989 s. 59(1), (4) & (5). |
| 86 | 1989 s. 60(1)–(4) & (6). |
| 87 | 1985 ss. 1 & 5; 1989 Sch 25 para 73. |
| 88 | 1985 ss. 2 & 5; 1989 Sch 25 para 73. |
| 89 | 1985 ss. 4 & 5; 1989 Sch 25 para 73. |
| 90 | 1989 s. 172. |
| 91Introduces Sch 7. | |
| 92 | 1989 s. 171. |
| 93 | 1989 ss. 66 & 164(3) & Sch 19 para 11; 1990(FS) s. 55(5) & (6). |
| 94 | 1989 ss. 67 & 68(6). |
| 95 | 1989 s 68(1)–(3). |
| 96 | 1989 s. 68(4). |
| 97 | 1989 s. 73 & Sch 25 para 3. |
| 98 | 1989 s. 71(1)–(3), (7) & (8). |
| 99 | 1989 s. 72(1), (2) & (8)–(10). |
| 100 | 1989 s. 72(3)–(7) & (9). |
| 101 | 1989 s. 71(4)–(6) & (9). |
| 102 | 1936 s. 17(1), (2) & (4)–(6); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 103 | 1936 s. 17(7)–(9); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1; R: 1. |
| 104 | 1936 s. 18(1)–(4); 1973 s. 14; 1989 s. 176 and Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(1). |
| 105 | 1936 ss. 17(3) & 18(4)–(6); 1973 s. 14; 1989 s. 176 and Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(1). |
| 106 | 1936 ss. 34(1) & (3) , 303–302 & 343(1)(part); 1961(F) s. 184 & Sch 6 para 1; 1973 s. 14 & Sch 8 para 37; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(6)(a). |
| 107 | 1936 ss. 36 & 291–294; 1973 s. 14; 1974 Sch 2 para 9; 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(7). |
| 108 | 1936 s. 34(2) & (4); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(6)(b). |
| 109 | 1936 ss. 34(5) & 291–294; 1973 s. 14; 1974 Sch 2 para 8; 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1. |
| 110 | 1989 s.70(3)–(5). |
| 111 | 1936 ss. 27, 297 & 343(1)(part); 1974 Sch 2 para 7. |
| 112 | 1936 s. 19; 1989 Sch 8 para 2(2). |
| 113 | 1936 ss. 42, 90(1)(part) & 300–302; 1973 s. 14; 1974 s. 43(6); 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 5(1)(a). |
| 114 | 1936 ss. 48 & 343(1)(part); 1973 Sch 8 para 39; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 115 | 1936 s. 21; 1973 s. 14; 1980(H) Sch 24 para 4(b); 1985(LG) Sch 4 para 47; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(3). |
| 116 | 1936 s. 22; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(4). |
| 117 | 1936 ss. 30, 31, 90(5), 283 & 343(1); 1963(L) Sch 11 Pt I paras 1 & 24(b); 1973 s. 14; 1989 ss. 71(2) & (9), 72(7)(part) & Sch 8 para 1. |
| 118 | 1937 ss. 1 & 2(5) & (5A); 1961 s. 69(1); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 3(1)(c); R: 2. |
| 119 | 1937 s. 2(1); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 3(1)(a). |
| 120 | 1989 Sch 9 paras. 1(1),(2), (4) & (5), 5 & 9. |
| 121 | 1937 ss. 2(3), (5) & (5A) & 14(1); 1961 ss. 1(3) & 59; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 3(1)(b) & (c). |
| 122 | 1937 s. 3; 1961 ss. 61 & 66(2); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 3(2) & (3). |
| 123 | 1989 Sch 9 para 1(3)–(6). |
| 124 | 1961 s. 60(1)–(4), (6) & (8); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 125 | 1974 s. 45(1)–(3); 1989 Sch 8 para 5(3). |
| 126 | 1961 s. 60(5)–(7) & 66(2); 1973 s. 14; 1974 s. 45(4); 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 4(2) & (4) & 5(3) & (4). |
| 127 | 1989 Sch 9 para 2. |
| 128 | 1961 s 62; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 4(2). |
| 129 | 1936 s. 90(5); 1937 ss. 7(1) & (2) & 14(2); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1; R: 2. |
| 130 | 1989 Sch 9 para 1(1), (4) & (5) & 5. |
| 131 | 1989 Sch 9 para 2. |
| 132 | 1989 Sch 9 paras 3, 4(3) & 7. |
| 133 | 1989 Sch 9 para 4 & 5. |
| 134 | 1989 Sch 9 para 6. |
| 135 | 1989 Sch 8 paras 3(4) & 4(3). |
| 136 | 1961 s. 67(1). |
| 137 | 1961 s. 66(1); 1981(SC) Sch 5. |
| 138 | 1989 s. 74; 1990(EP) Sch 15 para 28. |
| 139 | 1961 s. 64; TFOs: SI 1965/319; SI 1970/1681. |
| 140Introduces Sch 8. | |
| 141 | 1936 s. 283; 1937 ss. 13 & 14(1); 1961 ss. 1(3) & 63(1); 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1 & 4(5) . |
| 142 | 1989 s. 75. |
| 143 | 1989 s. 76. |
| 144 | 1989 s. 77 & Sch 26 para 16(10). |
| 145 | 1989 s. 80. |
| 146 | 1989 s. 79. |
| 147 | 1989 s. 81. |
| 148 | 1989 Sch 10 para 2(1)–(3) & (5) & 5. |
| 149 | 1989 s. 78(2) & (3). |
| 150 | 1989 s. 82. |
| 151 | 1944 (c. 26) s. 1(1), (4) & (5); 1955 (c. 13) s. 1; 1971 (c. 49) s. 1; 1989 Sch 25 paras 6 & 21; TFOs: SI 1951/142; SI 1951/1900; SI 1965/319; SI 1970/1681. |
| 152 | 1989 s. 170(7). |
| 153 | 1989 s. 25. |
| 154 | 1989 s. 184. |
| 155 | 1989 s. 151. |
| 156 | 1989 s. 152; 1990(EP) Sch 8 para 8 & Sch 9 para 17(4). |
| 157 | 1989 ss. 158 & 186. |
| 158 | 1989 Sch 19 paras 1(1) & 2(1)–(3), (7) & (8). |
| 159 | 1989 Sch 19 paras 1(1) & 4. |
| 160 | 1936 ss. 275 & 291–294; 1945 Sch 4; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 161 | 1989 s. 154 & Sch 19 paras 1(2), 2(1)(c) & (d) & 4(1)(c) & (d). |
| 162 | 1989 Sch 10 paras 1(1)–(3), (5) & (7) & 5 & Sch 19 para 1(5). |
| 163 | 1989 Sch 19 para 5. |
| 164 | 1945 ss. 15, 53 & 59(1); 1963(L) Sch 11 Pt I para 27; 1972 (c. 61) s. 18(6); 1973 Sch 8 para 49; 1989 Sch 25 para 7(2). |
| 165 | 1989 Sch 19 paras 1(1) & 8(1), (5) & (6). |
| 166 | 1989 s. 176 & Sch 19 para 9(1) & (3)–(8) & Sch 26 para 43(1). |
| 167 | 1989 ss. 155 and 157(1). |
| 168 | 1989 Sch 19, para 10(1)–(3). |
| 169 | 1989 s. 156(1)–(5). |
| 170 | 1945 ss. 16(5) & 21(2); 1948 s. 6; 1989 ss. 62(4) & 64(1)–(3) & (5) & Sch 25 para 7(3)(d) & (4); 1990(FS) s. 55(2). |
| 171 | 1936 s. 287; 1937 s. 10; 1973 s. 14; 1974 Sch 3 para 10; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1, 2(9) & 3(7). |
| 172 | 1961 s. 67(2); 1989 Sch 10 para 1(1) & (4). |
| 173 | 1989 s. 180. |
| 174 | 1945 s. 35(4); 1977 s. 31(6); 1989 s. 167 & Sch 25 para 7(5)(b). |
| 175 | 1989 Sch 10 para 3(1) & (2). |
| 176 | 1989 Sch 10 paras 3(3) & (4) & 5. |
| 177 | 1989 Sch 10 paras 3(5) & (6) & 5. |
| 178 | 1936 ss. 288 & 289; 1982(CJA) ss. 35 & 38. |
| 179 | 1945 s. 35(2); 1989 s. 153, Sch 19 para 1(1) & Sch 25 para 7(5)(a). |
| 180Introduces Sch 12. | |
| 181 | 1989 s. 162(1)–(5), (10) & (11). |
| 182 | 1989 s. 162(6)–(10). |
| 183Introduces Sch 13. | |
| 184 | 1936 s. 330 & 332; 1973 s. 14; 1982(CA) Sch 2 para 1(2); 1986(AA) Sch 2 para 2; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 185 | 1989 s. 161. |
| 186 | 1936 ss. 331, 332, 334 & 339; 1973 s. 14; 1989 s. 160(4)–(7) & (9) & Sch 8 para 1. |
| 187 | 1936 s. 340; 1989 Sch 19 para 7; TFO: SI 1970/1537. |
| 188 | 1989 s. 159. |
| 189 | 1936 s. 276; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 190 | 1989 s. 163; 1990 (c. 11) Sch 2 para 81(2). |
| 191 | 1989 s. 157(2)–(4). |
| 192 | 1936 s. 328; 1989 Sch 19 paras 1(3), (4) & (6) & 11. |
| 193 | 1989 s. 35. |
| 194 | 1989 s. 36. |
| 195 | 1989 s. 31. |
| 196 | 1937 s. 7A; 1989 Sch 8 para 3(5). |
| 197 | 1989 Sch 19 para 9(2) & (8). |
| 198 | 1989 s. 165. |
| 199 | 1989 s. 166(1), (2), (3)(b) & (5)–(9). |
| 200 | 1989 s. 166(3)(a), (4) & (8) & (9). |
| 201 | 1989 s. 34. |
| 202 | 1989 s. 32. |
| 203 | 1989 s. 33. |
| 204 | 1937 s. 9; 1973 s. 14; 1974 Sch 2 para 14; 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 205 | 1989 Sch 10 paras 4 & 5. |
| 206 | 1961 s. 68; 1989 s. 174 & Sch 9 para 8; R: 11. |
| 207 | 1945 s. 45; 1989 s. 175 & Sch 25 para 7(8); R: 12. |
| 208 | 1989 s. 170(1)–(6) & (9). |
| 209 | 1981 s. 6; 1986(GA) Sch 7 para 2(6); 1989 Sch 25 para 63; 1989(EA) Sch 16 para 1(5); 1990 (c. 11) para 46; 1991(NR) Sch 8 para 106. |
| 210 | 1989 s. 177; R: 13. |
| 211 | 1936 s. 298; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| 212 | 1989 s. 182. |
| 213 | 1936 s. 319; 1946 (c. 36) ss. 4(3) and 5(2); 1974 s. 104; 1989 s. 185. |
| 214 | 1936 ss. 283; 1937 s. 14(2); 1961 s. 1(3); 1973 s. 14; 1989 s. 189 (definition of “prescribed”) & Sch 8 paras 1, 3(7) & 4(6). |
| 215 | 1936 s. 318; 1989 s. 181 & Sch 8 paras 1 & 2(10). |
| 216 | 1989 s. 187; R: 14. |
| 217 | 1989s. 188. |
| 218 | 1989 s. 189(2) & (3); R: 21. |
| 219 | 1936 ss. 90(4) & 343(1)(part); 1961 s. 67(3); 1989 ss. 43(8), 77(5), 78(4), 160(3), 166(9), 167(7) & 189 & Sch 8 para 2(12), Sch 10 para 6 & Sch 19 paras 1, 3(6), 8(8) & 11; 1991(NR) Sch 8 para 116(3); R: 15 & 17–20. |
| 220 | 1989 s. 191(6). |
| 221 | 1936 s. 341; 1989 s. 192 & Sch 8 para 1; 1990 (c. 11) Sch 2 para 81(3). |
| 222 | 1985 s. 5(2); 1989 s. 193 & Sch 25 para 73. |
| Sch 1 | 1989 Sch. 3 paras 1–5. |
| Sch 2 | 1989 Sch 5. |
| Sch 3 | 1989 Sch 6. |
| Sch 4 | 1989 Sch 4 paras 1–5. |
| Sch 5 | 1989 Sch 7. |
| Sch 6 | |
| Pt I | 1936 ss. 287 & 288; 1945 s. 48; 1961(F) s. 184 & Sch 6 para 1; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1. |
| Pt II | 1989 ss. 59(3), 60(5), 62(5), 64(4) & (5), 156(6), 178 & 179, Sch 10 para 1(6), Sch 19 para 10(4) & (5) & Sch 21 para 5(4); 1991(NR) Sh 8 para 116(4). |
| Sch 7 | 1985 ss. 3 & 4. |
| Sch 8 | 1937 ss. 4(4) & 7(4) & (5); 1961 s. 63(8); 1973 s. 14; 1974 Sch 3 para 9; 1989 Sch 8 paras 1, 3(2) & (4), 4(2) & 5(2). |
| Sch 9 | 1989 Sch 18. |
| Sch 10 | 1989 Sch 24. |
| Sch 11 | 1989 Sch 20. |
| Sch 12 | 1936 ss. 278 & 303; 1973 s. 14; 1989 Sch 8 para 1, Sch 10, paras 1(2), 2(4) & 5 & Sch 19 paras 2(4)–(6), 6 & 8(2)–(4). |
| Sch 13 | 1936 ss. 333 & 334; 1973 s. 14; 1982(CA) Sch 2 para 1(2); 1986(AA) Sch 2 para 2; 1989 s. 160(1)–(3) & (6)–(8) & Sch 8 para 1, Sch 10 para 1(2) & Sch 19 para 2(9) & 3; 1989(EA) Sch 16 para 37; 1991(NR) Sch 8 para 116(4). |
| Sch 14 | 1989 Sch 21. |
| Sch 15 | 1989 s. 174(2)(d) & (3). |
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