Modification of section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974

3.  Section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(1) shall have effect as if–

(a) it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise his powers under that section to apply the classification BW1 to relevant territorial waters, coastal waters and inland waters which are bathing water within the meaning of Article 1.2 of Council Directive 76/160/EEC; and

(b) in relation to the establishment of water quality objectives in pursuance of that duty, subsections (4) and (5) of that section were omitted.

(1)

Section 30C was inserted by the Water Act 1989, Schedule 23, paragraph 4.