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(1)In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—
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“the 1990 Act” means the M1Environmental Protection Act 1990;
“the 1991 Act” means the M2Water Resources Act 1991;
“the appropriate Minister”—
in the case of the Agency, means the Secretary of State or the Minister; and
in the case of SEPA, means the Secretary of State;
“the appropriate Ministers”—
in the case of the Agency, means the Secretary of State and the Minister; and
in the case of SEPA, means the Secretary of State;
“conservancy authority” has the meaning given by section 221(1) of the 1991 Act;
“costs” includes—
costs to any person; and
costs to the environment;
“disposal authority”—
in the application of this Part in relation to the Agency, has the same meaning as it has in Part I of the M3Control of Pollution Act 1974 by virtue of section 30(1) of that Act; and
in the application of this Part in relation to SEPA, has the meaning assigned to it by section 30(2) of that Act;
[F2“the environment” means all, or any, of the following media, namely, the air, water and land (and the medium of air includes the air within buildings and the air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground); ]
“environmental licence”, in the application of this Part in relation to the Agency, means any of the following—
registration of a person as a carrier of controlled waste under section 2 of the M4Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989,
[F3a permit granted by the Agency under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999;]
an authorisation under Part I of the 1990 Act, other than any such authorisation granted by a local enforcing authority,
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a licence under Chapter II of Part II of the 1991 Act,
a consent for the purposes of section 88(1)(a), 89(4)(a) or 90 of that Act,
registration under the M5Radioactive Substances Act 1993,
an authorisation under that Act,
[F5registration of a person as a broker of controlled waste under any provision which gives effect in England and Wales to Article 12 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste,]
[F6registration under Schedule 2 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 of an establishment or undertaking in relation to an operation which for the purposes of those Regulations is a notifiable exempt waste operation, or an exempt waste operation falling within paragraph 45(1) or 45(3) of Schedule 3 to those Regulations,]
[F7a greenhouse gas emissions permit granted under the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005],
[F8approval of a scheme under regulation 41 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (“the WEEE Regulations”);
compliance with the condition in regulation 43(e)(i) of the WEEE Regulations in relation to a scheme mentioned in paragraph (l);
approval of an authorised treatment facility or exporter under regulation 47 of the WEEE Regulations; and
compliance with the condition in regulation 43(e)(i) of the WEEE Regulations in relation to a scheme mentioned in paragraph (l);
extension of approval of an exporter under regulation 48 of the WEEE Regulations.]
so far as having effect in relation to England and Wales;
“environmental licence”, in the application of this Part in relation to SEPA, means any of the following—
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[F10a permit granted by SEPA under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999]
registration of a person as a carrier of controlled waste under section 2 of the M6Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989,
an authorisation under Part I of the 1990 Act,
a waste management licence under Part II of that Act,
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registration under the M7Radioactive Substances Act 1993,
an authorisation under that Act,
registration of a person as a broker of controlled waste under the M8Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994,
[F11registration in respect of an activity falling within paragraph 7, 8(2), 9, 10, 12, 19, 42, 45(1) or (2), 46 or 47 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations, except where the waste which is the subject of the activity consists of agricultural waste within the meaning of those Regulations,]
[F12registration in respect of an activity falling within paragraph 17, 18, 36 or 39 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations, where the waste which is the subject of the activity consists of or includes waste batteries or accumulators to which Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators applies, and those batteries or accumulators have been collected in accordance with Article 8 of that Directive,]
[F7a greenhouse gas emissions permit granted under the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005],
[F13approval of a scheme under regulation 41 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (“the WEEE Regulations”);
compliance with the condition in regulation 43(e)(i) of the WEEE Regulations in relation to a scheme mentioned in paragraph (l);
approval of an authorised treatment facility or exporter under regulation 47 of the WEEE Regulations; and
extension of approval of an exporter under regulation 48 of the WEEE Regulations.]
so far as having effect in relation to Scotland;
“flood defence functions”, in relation to the Agency, has the same meaning as in the 1991 Act;
“harbour authority” has the meaning given by section 221(1) of the 1991 Act;
“local authority”, in the application of this Part in relation to SEPA, means a district or islands council in Scotland;
“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“the Ministers” means the Secretary of State and the Minister;
“
” has the meaning given by section 221(1) of the 1991 Act;“new Agency” means the Agency or SEPA;
“river purification authority” means a river purification authority within the meaning of the 1951 Act;
“river purification board” means a river purification board established by virtue of section 135 of the M9Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;
“the transfer date” means such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint as the transfer date for the purposes of this Part; and different dates may be appointed for the purposes of this Part—
as it applies for or in connection with transfers under or by virtue of Chapter I above, and
as it applies for or in connection with transfers under or by virtue of Chapter II above;
“waste regulation authority”—
in the application of this Part in relation to the Agency, means any authority in England or Wales which, by virtue of section 30(1) of the 1990 Act, is a waste regulation authority for the purposes of Part II of that Act; and
in the application of this Part in relation to SEPA, means any council which, by virtue of section 30(1)(g) of the 1990 Act, is a waste regulation authority for the purposes of Part II of that Act.
(2)In relation to any time on or after 1st April 1996—
(a)subsection (1) above shall have effect as if, in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “district or islands council in Scotland” there were substituted the words “ council constituted under section 2 of the M10Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”; and
(b)in section 22(3)(a)(iv) above the reference to an islands council shall be construed as a reference to a council mentioned in section 3(1) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
(3)Where by virtue of any provision of this Part any function of a Minister of the Crown is exercisable concurrently by different Ministers, that function shall also be exercisable jointly by any two or more of those Ministers.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 56(1) omitted (S.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/181), sch. Pt. 4 para. 8(3)(a)
F2 Definition of “the environment” in s. 56(1) substituted (21.3.2000 (E.W.) and 29.9.2000 (S.)) by 1999 c. 24, s. 6(1), Sch. 2 para. 17; S.I. 2000/800, art. 2; S.S.I. 2000/322, art. 2
F3S. 56(1): para. (aa) in the definition of “environmental licence” in relation to the Environment Agency inserted (E.W.) (1.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1973, reg. 39, Sch. 10 para. 15
F4Words in s. 56(1) repealed (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 21 para. 23(2)(a), Sch. 23 (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)
F5Words in s. 56(1) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 21 para. 23(2)(b) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)
F6Words in s. 56(1) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 21 para. 23(2)(c) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)
F7Words in s. 56(1) inserted (21.4.2005) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/925), Sch. 6 para. 1(3) (with reg. 3)
F8Words in s. 56(1) inserted (2.1.2007) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3289), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a) (with regs. 7, 38, 39)
F9Words in s. 56(1) omitted (S.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/181), sch. Pt. 4 para. 8(3)(b)
F10S. 56(1): para. (aa) in the definition of “environmental licence” in relation to SEPA inserted (S.) (28.9.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/323, regs. 1(1), 36, Sch. 10 para. 5(2)
F11Words in s. 56(1) substituted (S.) (1.12.2006) by The Waste Management Licensing Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/541), regs. 1(1), 10(2) (with regs. 11, 12)
F12Words in s. 56(1) inserted (S.) (6.7.2009) by The Waste Batteries (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/247), regs. 1(1), 5 (with regs. 8-10)
F13Words in s. 56(1) inserted (2.1.2007) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3289), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b) (with regs. 7, 38, 39)
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