SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments
The Control of Pollution Act 1974
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1
Section 5 of the M1Control of Pollution Act 1974 (licences to dispose of waste) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.
2
In subsection (3) (duty of recipient of application for licence where planning permission is in force)—
a
for the words “Where a disposal authority receives an application” there shall be substituted the words “
Where an application has been received
”
; and
b
for the words “the authority”, where first occurring, there shall be substituted the words “
the appropriate Agency
”
and, where secondly occurring, there shall be substituted the words “
that Agency
”
.
3
In subsection (4) (duty of disposal authority to refer to National Rivers Authority etc proposals to issue licences)—
a
for the words “a disposal authority” there shall be substituted the words “
the appropriate Agency
”
;
b
for the words “the authority” there shall be substituted the words “
that Agency
”
;
c
for paragraph (a), there shall be substituted—
a
to refer the proposal to any collection authority whose area includes any part of the relevant land; and
d
in paragraph (b), for the words “the disposal authority”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “
that Agency
”
; and
e
the words following paragraph (b) (reference of proposal to Secretary of State in certain cases) shall cease to have effect.
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