Valid from 01/04/1996
121(1)In section 206 of that Act (restriction on disclosure of information) in subsection (2) (information furnished under section 196 or 204) the words “196 or” shall cease to have effect.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (3)(a) of that section (exception for disclosure of information for purposes of functions under certain enactments)—
(a)for the words “the NRA” there shall be substituted the words “ the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ”; and
(b)for the words “or the Water Act 1989” there shall be substituted the words “ , M1the Water Act 1989, Part I or IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or the M2Environment Act 1995 ”.
(3)In subsection (4), in paragraph (a) (which provides that nothing in subsection (1) shall limit the matters which may be included in reports made by specified bodies under specified enactments)—
(a)for the words “the NRA” there shall be substituted the words “ the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ”; and
(b)for the words “or of the Water Resources Act 1991” there shall be substituted the words “ , Part I or IIA of M3the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the M4Water Resources Act 1991 or the M5Environment Act 1995 ”.