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1E+W+SIn this Schedule—
“the chief inspector”—
in the application of this Schedule in relation to transfers by or under section 3 of this Act, means any of the inspectors or chief inspectors mentioned in section 2(1) of this Act;
in the application of this Schedule in relation to transfers by or under section 22 of this Act, means any of the inspectors or chief inspectors mentioned in section 21(1) of this Act;
and any reference to the chief inspector for England and Wales or the chief inspector for Scotland shall be construed accordingly;
“the relevant new Agency” means—
in the application of this Schedule in relation to transfers by or under section 3 of this Act, the Agency; and
in the application of this Schedule in relation to transfers by or under section 22 of this Act, SEPA;
“transfer scheme” means a scheme under section 3 or 22 of this Act;
“the transferor”, in relation to transfers by or under section 3 of this Act, means—
in the case of any transfer by section 3(1)(a) of this Act, the National Rivers Authority or the London Waste Regulation Authority, as the case may be; or
in the case of any transfer scheme, or any transfer by transfer scheme—
the Secretary of State,
the chief inspector, or
any waste regulation authority,
(as the case may be) from whom any property, rights or liabilities are, or are to be, transferred by that scheme;
“the transferor”, in relation to transfers by or under section 22 of this Act, means—
in the case of any transfer by section 22(1)(a) of this Act, the river purification board in question; or
in the case of any transfer scheme, or any transfer by transfer scheme—
the Secretary of State;
the chief inspector; or
any local authority,
(as the case may be) from whom any property, rights or liabilities are, or are to be, transferred by that scheme; and, as respects any such local authority which is a district or islands council, includes, in relation to any time on or after 1st April 1996, the council for any local government area named in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the M1Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 which is wholly or partly conterminous with the area of that council.
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I1Sch. 2 wholly in force at 12.10.1995; Sch. 2 not in force at Royal Asent see s. 125(3); Sch. 2 in force for specified purposes at 28.7.1995 by S.I. 1995/1983, art. 2; Sch. 2 in force for further specified purposes at 12.10.1995 by S.I. 1995/2649, art. 2(c)
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