SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments

The Environmental Protection Act 1990

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(1)

Section 62 of that Act (special provision with respect to certain dangerous and intractable waste) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2)

In subsection (3), for paragraph (a) (regulations providing for the supervision of certain activities and the recovery of the costs from persons carrying on the activities) there shall be substituted—

“(a)

for the supervision by waste regulation authorities—

(i)

of activities authorised by virtue of the regulations or of activities by virtue of carrying on which persons are subject to provisions of the regulations, or

(ii)

of persons who carry on activities authorised by virtue of the regulations or who are subject to provisions of the regulations,

and for the recovery from persons falling within sub-paragraph (ii) above of the costs incurred by waste regulation authorities in performing functions conferred upon those authorities by the regulations;”.

(3)

After that subsection (which also includes provision for regulations to provide for appeals to the Secretary of State) there shall be added—

“(3A)

This section is subject to section 114 of the Environment Act 1995 (delegation or reference of appeals etc).”