The provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (the subject matter of which is described in column 2) shall come into force on 31st January 1985.

Sections 50 (investigation of water pollution problems arising from closure of mines) and 94(2)(a)(ii) (information) of that Act (which are already in force in England and Wales) shall come into force in Scotland on 31st January 1985.

Paragraph (1) above shall have effect subject to any limitations set out in column 1 of the Schedule as to the extent to which any provision is brought into force, and shall not have effect in the Isles of Scilly.