SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments

The Control of Pollution Act 1974

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1

Section 10 of that Act (appeals to Secretary of State from decisions with respect to licences) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

2

In subsection (1) (duty of disposal authority concerned to implement Secretary of State’s determination) for the words “the disposal authority concerned” there shall be substituted the words “ the appropriate Agency ”.

3

In subsection (3) (cases where the decision under appeal is effective pending the determination of the appeal)—

a

for the words “to a decision of a disposal authority” there shall be substituted the words “ if the decision in question is a decision ”;

b

for the words “in the opinion of the authority” there shall be substituted the words “ in the opinion of the body making the decision in question ”;

c

for the words “the authority acted” there shall be substituted the words “ that body acted ”; and

d

in paragraph (b), for the words “the authority” there shall be substituted the words “ the appropriate Agency ”.