Valid from 01/04/1996
21(1)Section 7 of that Act (variation of conditions and revocation of licences) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (1) (modification of conditions of disposal licences issued by disposal authorities)—
(a)the words “issued by a disposal authority” shall be omitted; and
(b)for the words “the authority”, where first occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ the appropriate Agency ” and, wherever else occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ that Agency ”.
(3)In subsection (2) (application of section 5(4))—
(a)the words “or, in relation to Scotland, subsection (5)” shall cease to have effect; and
(b)for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—
“(a)the Environment Agency or SEPA, as the case may be, may postpone the reference in pursuance of the said subsection (4) so far as it considers that by reason of an emergency it is appropriate to do so; and
(b)the Environment Agency or SEPA, as the case may be, may disregard any collection authority for the purposes of the preceding provisions of this subsection in relation to a modification which, in the opinion of that Agency, will not affect that authority.”
(4)In subsection (4) (revocation of disposal licences issued by disposal authorities)—
(a)the words “issued by a disposal authority” shall be omitted;
(b)for the words “the authority”, where first occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ the appropriate Agency ” and, in the other place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ that Agency ”.