SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments

The Environmental Protection Act 1990

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1

Section 8 of that Act (fees and charges for authorisations) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

2

In subsection (1) (payments to be charged by, or paid to, the enforcing authority in accordance with schemes), for the words “enforcing authority” there shall be substituted the words “ local enforcing authority ”.

3

Subsection (4) (separate schemes for different descriptions of enforcing authority) shall cease to have effect.

4

In subsection (7) (meaning of “relevant expenditure attributable to authorisations”)—

a

for the words “enforcing authorities” there shall be substituted the words “ local enforcing authorities ”; and

b

the words from “together with the expenditure incurred by the National Rivers Authority” onwards shall be omitted.

5

In subsection (8) (power to revoke authorisation for non-payment of charge), for the words “enforcing authority” there shall be substituted the words “ local enforcing authority ”.

6

Subsection (9) (payments by the Secretary of State to the National Rivers Authority) shall cease to have effect.

7

For subsections (10) and (11) (special provision as respects Scotland) there shall be substituted—

10

The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to Scotland.